Gaining points

Usage examples of scoring.

After scoring a perfect 800 on his GRE, he received an assistantship at one of the best schools in the South.

Scoring his palm, he let his blood fall in scarlet drops, and anemones blossomed where it fell.

He had begun the day well by scoring brilliantly off Mr Dexter across the matutinal rasher and coffee.

Moreover, by scoring these points right in front of Patina, he was presumably making a good impression on her--a very much better impression, in fact, than he would otherwise, normally be capable of.

Swish, swish, swish: Susie lashed his bottom with her suspender belt, scoring the cheeks with sharp, reddening stripes.

Anytime Redick looked like he had so much as a stray thought, the Tar Heel defenders would converge, and he would sling the ball inside to Shelden Williams, who was on his way to scoring 22 points, or to the six-six swing man Lee Melchionni, so open and lonely he looked like he was trying to hitchhike his way across Death Valley in the middle of a burning summer afternoon.

I would always work in my corresponding synesthetic colors and then transpose the work, scoring it in normal musical notation.

Nowadays, she lived with Balboa in a derelict house, and devoted her time to art and scoring, for her addicted beloved, the occasional six-pack of Diet Mecca.

Woody was brilliant during the first three chukkers, scoring two goals in each one and being cheered on by the roaring crowd.

Kerplink, kerplunk, kerplink, kerplunkneither of the boys was scoring.

Sacrifice moved our runner to second, then our leadoff guy hit a double into the gap in right center, scoring the runner.

Even then they had to stoop and the thorns rasped on their empty saddles, scoring the leather.

A man of great erudition, with privileged access to the Library of Greater LA computer, and of Ulyssean sneakiness, he is always scoring over his colleagues.

After two hours of listening to those kinds of reminiscences and hypotheticals, no man alive can get any kind of kick out of scoring, even if it happens to be the one he actually fancies who eventually drags him off.

All the troupers had heard it played on balalaikas in restaurants and hotel dining rooms, and Boom-Boom Beck was scoring a version for his windjammers to play.