How to Use scorekeeper in a Sentence

scorekeeper

noun
  • White, 77, has been the scorekeeper since the gym opened.
    IndyStar, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The score got so out of hand that the scorekeeper ran the clock at the start of the second half to speed up the game.
    Chris Jeter, The Aegis, 20 May 2018
  • This is a game in which the toughest job might belong to the scorekeeper.
    Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • This was a problem for both the scorekeepers and the armadillos.
    Lore Sjöberg, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2007
  • But Disney hires all of their scorekeepers and has a three-man crew at every game.
    Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 29 May 2020
  • His wife Sherri was the Panthers’ scorekeeper for 25 years.
    David Krueger, The Seattle Times, 7 July 2017
  • Congress’ official scorekeeper for tax bills—from using tricks as egregious as these to keep the costs of a tax plan down.
    Rebecca M. Kysar, Slate Magazine, 1 June 2017
  • The centrists are waiting for a congressional scorekeeper to rule on whether the bill will add to the federal budget deficit over the next 10 years.
    New York Times, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Not to be outdone, Lynchburg Clay just honored scorekeeper Jessie Mount for 70 years of service.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The total could have been at least five, but the official scorekeeper was generous.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Steve Rolfes ’79 Steve was a four-year manager and scorekeeper for the varsity baseball team.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
  • How many errors have the Padres made this season that have been spun into hits by benevolent scorekeepers?
    Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • Since 1950, media research company Nielsen has been the scorekeeper for the TV business.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021
  • As a high school scorekeeper, Moyer has never made much money.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Perhaps, adorable and devout team chaplain Sister Jean gives the Ramblers a spiritual edge with the great scorekeeper in the sky.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • He'll be joined by scorekeeper Bill Curtis, as well as a group of humorists and journalists, for a comedic and sarcastic unpacking of the week's events.
    Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 24 July 2017
  • Davis' basket after Ashworth's hustle play gave Flintridge Prep a 42-35 lead, but the Rebels' scorekeeper's error gave them an extra two points.
    Emin Avakian, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Scorekeepers in Houston appeared to miss an assist for Jokic in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game that cost the center his seventh triple-double of the season.
    Nick Kosmider, The Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2017
  • The site supervisor and scorekeeper will sanitize the game ball.
    John Benson, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2020
  • And especially, after two long years that included surgery on her left ankle, not on the bench as a scorekeeper on GameChanger.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • Others will try to own only companies that get the highest ratings from scorekeepers on ESG issues.
    Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Two years ago, Munguia, a sophomore splitting his time between the school’s varsity and JV teams, was a towel boy and scorekeeper at the regional tournament.
    Terrence Thomas, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Cain’s daughter, a scorekeeper on the boys basketball team, befriended Williams.
    Dallas News, 17 June 2022
  • The Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress' official scorekeeper, determined that the law will add more than $1 trillion to the nation's deficit over the next decade.
    Author: Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress's official scorekeeper, determined that the law will add more than $1 trillion to the nation's deficit over the next decade.
    Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The Joint Committee on Taxation, the economic scorekeeper of Congress, predicted that the cuts would increase the size of the economy by 0.7 percent and add more than $1 trillion to the debt.
    Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Then the scorekeeper went back and calculated what the cost would be after taking into account modest economic growth from the bill.
    Heather Long, chicagotribune.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The scorekeeper harping about costs, and the marketing skills of Vanguard founder John Bogle, have combined to make price wars a prominent feature of the money management business.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • McCaskill framed her statement to reflect the findings of scorekeepers of the bill in 2027, even if the law was designed this way for budget reasons, not practical reality.
    Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Congress’s official tax scorekeeper found that the plan would add more than $1 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, even after economic growth is taken into account.
    Damian Paletta, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017

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