How to Use score off in a Sentence

score off

verb

• At one point, the attacking team scored off an open shot from the point through traffic.
  — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• Heaps scored off a feed from Lavelle less than three minutes into the second half.
  — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
• Guilherme Santos scored off a free kick in the 34th minute for a two-goal lead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
• The Ducks got a goal off the power play when Sennecke scored off a rebound.
  — CBS News, 13 May 2026
• Gray then struck out the next batter and that was the closest the Orioles would get to scoring off him.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
• The puck went wide to Makar, who weaved from below the goal line into the slot to score off a far-side wrister.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
• But Houston prevailed because of its ability to force and score off turnovers.
  — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2026
• France nearly scored off the corner, but Bounou made another save on a header.
  — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026
• The sophomore scored off a long cross pass from junior and returning starter Liv Taub.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
• My biggest issue with this roster is that there are a lot of question marks about the young players and not enough scoring off the bench.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
• Bradley Barcola scored France’s second and proved the team’s strength in depth, scoring off the bench.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2026
• If Michigan wants to set the pace of the game with fast play and scoring off fast breaks, Texas has to do it first and more often.
  — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
• The junior, who is committed to Nevada, scored off a lead pass from the center of the field by Labuschagne.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
• Dahlien added a goal in the 51st, scoring off a long pass into the box from Madison Curry.
  — ABC News, 22 May 2026
• Coaches know the probability of scoring off a slot-line sequence.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• There will be nights when the Knicks need scoring off the bench — moments when a veteran shot creator must deliver.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
• Toronto tied it at the half when Mihailovic scored off a deflection seven minutes into stoppage time.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
• Sarah Weber scored off a loose ball in the 48th to give Louisville (0-3-1) a 2-1 lead.
  — ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
• Kerr scored off a corner kick for her first goal since joining Gotham earlier this month after more than six seasons at Chelsea.
  — ABC News, 25 July 2026
• Garner scored off of an offensive rebound to tie the game, 40-40, early in the fourth quarter.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
• Steel scored off a rebound on the rush, and Seattle challenged the goal for goaltender interference, but the call of a good goal on the ice stood.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Philadelphia had runners in scoring position with less than two outs in the fifth and sixth innings, but could not score off Sale.
  — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
• The closest the Royals came to scoring off Cole came in the third, when Michael Massey hit a one-out double.
  — CBS News, 27 May 2026
• Later, Connor Metcalfe, a classy midfielder, strolled through a line of defenders and scored off his left foot.
  — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
• The Blue Devils scored off a free kick in the first half and Oruha Hayashi scored off a penalty kick in the 49th minute.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
• And Algeria scored off two corner kicks in the second half to defeat Jordan 2-1.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 23 June 2026
• The Purple Knights struck first, scoring off Danvers’ starter Dylan Weeks in the top of the first.
  — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
• That seems to be the main way to score off of Griffin — he's only allowed 54 runs this season, and at least 21 have come off of home runs.
  — David Troy, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
• Hayes gives Valkyries spark Salaun was relegated to the role of spectator, but the Valkyries did not lack for scoring off the bench.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
• Otay Ranch’s Joshua Contreras scored off a rebound from a corner kick from point-blank range to open the scoring in the 11th minute.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026