- present participle of score.
scoring
Example Sentences
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As for Benn's record, he may have avoided scoring any major own goals as secretary of state, but he leaves his successor with much unfinished business to net agreement on.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Keegan won 63 England caps over a period lasting almost a decade, scoring 21 goals and captaining the side 31 times.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Burnham also promised a new kind of politics – re-using his recent catchphrase of "problem solving not point scoring".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
City were promoted as First Division champions after scoring 108 league goals.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They fought much more fiercely than Trent Bolger and Cyprian Cusumano, and I was shifting the balance of their vendetta by preventing Ali-Reza from scoring.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
