// find the largest number. Functional style.
var largest = _.max([4,3,1,-9]);

// sort by relevance. OO style
var sorted = _([
  {name: "result 1", relevance: 7},
  {name: "result 2", relevance: 3}
]).sortBy(function(result) { 
  return result.relevance;
});

// count the words in a song. From 
// http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/
var lyrics = [
  {line : 1, words : "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay"},
  {line : 2, words : "I sleep all night and I work all day"},
  {line : 3, words : "He's a lumberjack and he's okay"},
  {line : 4, words : "He sleeps all night and he works all day"}
];

_(lyrics).chain()
  .map(function(line) { return line.words.split(' '); })
  .flatten()
  .reduce(function(counts, word) {
    counts[word] = (counts[word] || 0) + 1;
    return counts;
}, {}).value();