During the match the coach insisted on strict man-marking to prevent the striker from getting space.

The defender was man-marking the striker throughout the match to neutralize his threat.

She was marking time in the waiting room until her name was called.

The field linguist noted that the newly documented language was double-marking, as grammatical relations were indicated on both the heads and the dependents of phrases.

During the audit, the clerk kept marking down as 'obsolete' the pieces of equipment that hadn't been used in years.

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

The ambulance was repainted with Battenberg markings to improve its visibility during night-time operations.

The tailor used crushed marking nuts to create an indelible dye for stamping his logo on the fabric.

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

The botanist carefully collected several marking-nuts from the tree to study their ink-producing properties.