How to Use orienteering in a Sentence

orienteering

noun

• Starting in sixth grade, students can join the clubs to compete in shooting events, archery and orienteering.
  — Collin Binkley and Meghan Hoyer, idahostatesman, 12 Mar. 2018
• The first exercise of the summer Probatoire, an orienteering test, was put together by Elodie Le Comte, one of a handful of women on the school’s staff.
  — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
• For today’s hunters and anglers, the GPS has become an omnipresent tool not only for orienteering, but for finding access to public lands and waters in the first place.
  — Ben Long, Outdoor Life, 17 Mar. 2020
• The Chinese team was banned from taking part in the long-distance orienteering competition, according to the IOF.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
• Scouts and wilderness survival types often use the markers in training for compass or GPS orienteering.
  — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
• While the old army style with flip up cover is cool, a rectangular plastic orienteering compass with a spinning dial is your best bet.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• The direction of the race changes between loops as well, adding another level of difficulty and more orienteering.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 May 2018
• The research team confirmed the use of this tactic in both an amoeba and a mammalian cell line, suggesting a commonality among cells engaged in long-distance orienteering.
  — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2020
• His fitness regime, involving orienteering, marathon running, weight training and yoga would be enough to tax the physical capacity of a person half his age.
  — Dermot McGrath, WIRED, 29 July 2002
• Though a wonderful place for orienteering, Wales has not historically been a bastion of hipness.
  — Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
• The Gargoyle King is actually really good at orienteering.
  — Maggie Olmsted, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
• Experience in orienteering helps, because any approach requires an overland hike.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
• Activities include fishing, bird watching, fly-tying, archery, canoeing, hiking, camping, orienteering and hunter safety.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
• Activities available include campfires, hiking, arts & crafts, canoeing & kayaking, swimming, songs, orienteering and nature.
  — Mónica Marie Zorilla, Philly.com, 5 June 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024