How to Use scoreless in a Sentence

scoreless

adjective
  • The Bearcats were scoreless over the final 3:37 and still won.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Crick struck out one in a scoreless fifth to pick up the win.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Worked a 1-2-3 eighth in a scoreless game, with a strikeout.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • And the Chiefs went three-and-out three times in a scoreless second half.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Against the Reds, Corbin had his first scoreless start since April 20.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Hansel Robles took the ball in the ninth, working a scoreless frame.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Both of his scoreless quarters have come in the fourth.
    Nick Lozito, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Brent Suter and Trevor Kelley each pitched a scoreless frame to close out the day.
    Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2022
  • The Spartans broke open a scoreless game with 3 runs in the fourth inning.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Trevor Stephan earned the win with a scoreless eighth and James Karinchak pitched the ninth for the save.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Pride’s scoreless result didn’t come from a lack of chances.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 5 July 2021
  • Wahl, scoreless to that point, then scored on a post-up move and was fouled with 4:38 left.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Michael Fulmer worked around a walk and a hit for a scoreless eighth.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Tayquan broke the scoreless draw with his long touchdown run.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
  • That forced the Bengals to punt as that would be the second of seven straight scoreless drives in the game.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The result has been a string of 1-1 draws and scoreless results.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The Hawks had three power plays against by far the worst penalty kill in the league (65.9%) but went scoreless.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Ryan Pressly struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his 17th save.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 30 June 2022
  • The Chippewas had the ball on their 39 as a scoreless quarter ended.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2022
  • And then there is a scoreless Game 2, and only one basket in Game 3.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Matt Strahm was on the hill, looking to work a scoreless frame in a contest that the Sox battled back to tie, 4-4.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In a full count and a scoreless game, Lodolo was looking for the right pitch that could get him out of his biggest jam of the day.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2022
  • Yale scores with 9:49 to go, snapping a scoreless slump of 9+ minutes.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Ravens’ streak of scoreless first quarters reached six games and 95-plus minutes.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The Bengals’ first five drives of the second half were scoreless drives, with two of them ending with turnovers.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The game was scoreless through four innings and both teams plated a run in the fifth inning.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • That lead stood up through a scoreless third quarter until Willis’ TD run put the Flames up by 14 in the fourth.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Against all odds, Stephen Curry had a scoreless fourth quarter for the fourth straight game.
    Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2021
  • In a scoreless game, the Mets’ Dominic Smith led off the bottom of the eighth with a pop up into shallow left field.
    Matt Young, Chron, 30 June 2022
  • In the match, Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate.
    Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022

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