The surveyors were marking out the new property lines when the storm began.

At the beginning of each season, the coach marks out the training drills on the field.

The architect marked out the garden beds before planting.

He noticed a small longing mark on his wrist and wondered if it would fade with time.

She traced the old letters for longing marks, hoping they would explain the choices she had never understood.

She traced the longing-marks on the old photograph with trembling fingers.

Scholars noted that the medieval text occasionally used a longing-mark to indicate a drawn-out syllable.

The conservationists recorded several swan marks along the riverbank to track the birds' movements.

During swan upping, the biologist carefully noted each bird's swan mark before releasing it back into the river.

She used the dye from a marking-nut to stamp her initials on the cloth.