Example Sentences

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The movie is cheerfully ahistorical and well-scored, but it seems that removing its kid-friendly goofiness robbed the show of its heart.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2017

We applied pressure and got over the line with well-scored tries.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2017

And yet for all of that, there’s been relatively little smart, written-out and well-scored experimentation,” a high point being John Coltrane’s legendary cover of “My Favorite Things.”

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2011

A cast of eight expert singers, accompanied by a chamber orchestra, played the well-scored opera as a near-burlesque.

From Time Magazine Archive