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

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

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

The apprentice compared different marking gauges to decide which would make the cleanest scribe line on the oak plank.

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

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.

The artisan stained the cloth using a dye extracted from the marking nut.

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