How to Use keep score in a Sentence
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The coaches keep score, and the group that comes out on top wins.
—Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2020
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How can you guys keep score of all the cool things you guys do?
—Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
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But that’s not the only way to keep score in the final round.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
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And for old time’s sake, keep score on the back of an envelope.
—Daniel Akst, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
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What didn't change in a frigid final round at Champions Golf Club was how to keep score.
—orlandosentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2020
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One friend borrowed a knife from the other to sharpen a pencil being used to keep score.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
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If your dad has a competitive side, keep score at each game and tally up the points at the end to name a winner.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
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Nevertheless, don't keep score; that will only hurt in the long run.
—Nuno Prego Ramos, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
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Each time the broadcaster made a Swift reference, there would be a dinging noise to keep score.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
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Now the pair start to keep score, tallying up a point each time one of them says something that destabilizes the other.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
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So young children can enjoy the game, put the ladders close together or don't keep score.
—Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
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These instances of great personal risk and sacrifice are one of the ways that world powers keep score.
—Sean Lavery, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2020
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The bands bring gameplay to life allowing users to keep score, punch blocks and collect virtual coins.
—Elizabeth Montgomery, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2020
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My grandma would keep score with a notepad and neat cursive, listing each of seven rounds, our scores and a star when someone got a joker.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2020
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The threesome did not keep score, and Matsuyama — true to his nature — had little to say about the experience.
—New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
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For those who are looking to just keep score, the ScoreBand will easily log your play on each hole and then calculate your score after nine and 18 holes.
—John Thompson, Men's Health, 6 June 2022
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The venue will leverage technology to keep score as guests enjoy a modern twist on putt-putt golf that includes cocktails and food.
—Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
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Still physically fit in his late 70s, Fryatt played tennis but couldn’t keep score or remember which side of the net he was supposed to be on.
—Jimmy Golen, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
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Still physically fit in his late 70s, Fryatt played tennis but couldn’t keep score or remember which side of the net he was supposed to be on.
—Jimmy Golen, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
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This entry-level golf allows avid players to keep score, track total distance played and total time, as well as provide yardages to the front, back and middle of the green.
—Fiona Tapp, CNN Underscored, 24 Nov. 2020
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There is nothing unusual about this tendency to keep score.
—Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2021
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If climbing is a personal journey of discovery, then why keep score?
—New York Times, 12 May 2021
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Billions of venture capital dollars have sloshed into startups, and there are too many funds to keep score, many of them with only a handful of people on staff.
—Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
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One purpose of etiquette is to restore peace after human beings misbehave — not to keep score.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
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My mother would keep score, and my uncles — who were hypercritical of whatever the Sox were doing — would do a running play-by-play.
—Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
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Oswego and Yorkville did keep score, however, and the Panthers would have prevailed 40-41 if the finishes had been tabulated.
—Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
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No notepads and pens are needed to keep score, all of that is taken care of by automatic, electronic scoreboards located at each hole within the courses.
—Teri Webster, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
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The wristbands, according to Universal, will work in tandem with a smartphone app, which will allow guests to keep score and collect coins, among other interactions.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
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UDisc, a cellphone app that allows players to find courses and keep score, registered its busiest month ever last August, well into the pandemic.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
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Milder reactions such as headaches or fatigue may go unnoticed and registries rarely, if ever, keep score of instances where neither mother nor offspring experienced negative side effects.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan/undark, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2020
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