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¿Esto suena natural? I gave him an outstanding score finally.
¿Esto suena natural? I gave him an outstanding score finally.
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Poco natural
Adding "finally" at the end like that gives the wrong meaning. You should say instead, "I gave him an outstanding score in the end." "finally" has an extra meaning that says the time was longer than expected.

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