How to Use double digits in a Sentence

double digits

plural noun
  • Five of the six first-time All-Stars scored in double digits.
    Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • George had scored in double digits in four of his past five games.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • With Election Day less than a week away, the S&P 500 is up by double digits for the year.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Miami pushed the lead back to double digits by the end of the third quarter and pulled away in the fourth.
    Jay King, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • And how about this: In all four Super Bowls, the Chiefs have trailed by double digits.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Five players scored in double digits in the first-round win over Stephen F. Austin.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That number may increase to the low double digits by the end of next year, the airline said.
    Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Not with the Toreros scoring in double digits once again.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • The Red Sox outscored their guests 23-11, putting up double digits in both contests.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
  • Sales in Australia and South Korea were up in the double digits.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 July 2025
  • Kentucky led by double digits for most of the second half and by as many as 25 points.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The maps would create five new House seats that Trump won by double digits last fall.
    Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 31 July 2025
  • This year, the number of pilots was down to double digits.
    Sam Stiglitz, Deadline, 12 June 2024
  • In 2024, Democrats did not even contest the state, and Trump carried it by double digits.
    Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The price of gas is has dropped in Florida by double digits.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Her late explosion was too much to come back from as the lead stretched to double digits again.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
  • The Heat fell behind by double digits with 2:31 left in the first quarter and trailed by double digits for the rest of the game.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The Dodgers scored double digits in runs for the eighth time and were one off their season high set May 15 against the Athletics.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
  • Jonathan Aranda, 8 No, the first baseman has yet to reach double digits for the first time in his career.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The number of biking/e-biking deaths could reach double digits this year for the first time in years.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025
  • Four of Purdue's five starters have scored in double digits.
    Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Sosa had a two-run single in the seventh to help the Sox reach double digits in scoring for the second straight game.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • The contest was a nail-biter the whole way, with no lead exceeding double digits.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Each of the 17 victories have come by double digits except the most record one.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Over the past five to 10 years, the e-commerce business has grown by double digits every year.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 6 Sep. 2024
  • His first few games, that clip was up into double digits.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • In fact, five of the seven losses during this skid have been by double digits.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • All of a sudden, the Dream were up double digits before the Sparks scored in the final period.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • France led by double digits most of the way, but Canada got it down to 5 points in the final quarter and couldn’t get any closer.
    Gadi Schwartz, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Since Doncic’s injury, the Mavs have a 1-4 record with three of the four losses coming by double digits.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025

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