sooting
- present participle of soot.
Example Sentences
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The offensive production from Morant came on 12 of 19 sooting from the field and marked the ninth time in the past 10 games the All-Star guard reached the 30-point mark.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022
The night-watchman, Alfred Swanson, took care of this curious plant, which consisted of a battery of petroleum lamps that were forced to burn to the sooting point.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
After that all had gone well—except for a plug sooting on number three cylinder and a halt for petrol about fifty miles outside London.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
