Sentence examples for seeking to score from inspiring English sources

It brandished its own military defector, a Georgian officer, apparently seeking to score points in the countries' propaganda war.

A senior US government official said neither president was "seeking to score points" in the talks, the BBC reports.

The White House has already rejected Mr. Gephardt's calls for such a bipartisan summit, saying last week that the Democrat was seeking to score political points.

He has also claimed the controversy has all been cooked up by Democrats in the state legislature seeking to score political points.

Such talk has angered Mr. Pitt, who has accused his detractors of crassly seeking to score political points by attacking an agency that is doing all it can.

In the 35th minute, Maicon's corner kick found center back Juan, who was challenged only by other teammates seeking to score, not by any Chilean defenders.

Meanwhile, politicians of both parties sought to score points.

In the second half they should "open up a bit", and seek to score an early goal.

As in Mogadishu, expect more roadside and suicide bombings as the group seeks to score propaganda coups.

I expect that some newspapers, as they did after the Philpott case, will seek to score points from this crime.

In introducing Mr. Cheney, Mr. Bush, in fact, sought to score points for picking a partner for reasons that did not appear baldly political.