Sentence examples for are a score from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "are a score" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where "score" refers to a group of twenty or a significant amount, often in a literary or poetic sense.
Example: "The players on the field are a score, ready to compete for the championship."
Alternatives: "are twenty" or "are a multitude".

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A few hundred yards into Soho are a score of different worlds: the specialist retailers.

For every victory there are a score of defeats, where the years of sacrifice have turned to ashes.

At the very front are a score of young men who know every word to the old songs.

There are a score of chess books in the library of Beckett's old flat in Paris, which is now occupied by Edward and his wife.

For every carefully crafted, thoughtful expression of opinion, there are a score of half-baked rants: ignorant, bilious, semi-literate and depressing.

But for every jarring incident, there are a score revealing that the Cole attack brought a silver lining to ordinary Yemenis: the arrival of a distant, powerful, cosmopolitan world.

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That was a score.

What is a "score" anyway?

There was a score coming with momentum.

A grocery list is a score; so is a calendar, an almanac, a cave etching.

It was a score worthy of winning a match.

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