Example Sentences

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While Brown was notching a personal best in the opener, Tatum had an off-night shooting making just 7 of 30 shots — 2 of 15 from 3-point range.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Before long, it was notching up more followers than many Liberal Democrat M.P.s could muster votes.

From The New Yorker • May 8, 2015

As Pietersen was notching his 7,000th Test run something quite significant was happening at the other end.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2012

The old man, bent double over a stick which he was notching, breathed loudly and laboriously.

From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.

“Jesse Hughes oughter be here,” said one of the men who was notching the long logs.

From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.