How to Use make out in a Sentence

make out

verb
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  • I can't quite make out what she is trying to say.
  • Some of the youngest Britons’ scrawl is hard to make out.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But for the former, the awards shine isn’t all it’s made out to be.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The moon was bright enough to make out the name of the village on a sign: Chumak.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • But the two men could still make out the blue carriages.
    — CNN, 2 July 2022
  • The look in question was the huge bow made out of hair seen atop Saweetie's head.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Yeah, the hair would be very difficult to make out of cake.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Every house in Guatemala used to have at least one rug made out of this wool.
    — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But those were the only treys the Warriors made out of 13 attempts.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Along with a full make out session, there's a ton to unpack in the episode preview.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 3 June 2022
  • The 20-year-old could make out the sounds of sirens on the street, helicopters overhead.
    — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • At the front, among those setting the pace, Julia could make out a man in a wheelchair.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The other is like being force-fed a bowl of pudding made out of lard and skim milk.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Then there was a strange sound, difficult to make out over the high school marching band.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • Not all co-stars gossip about making out with the same guys at a club in New York the night before.
    — Vulture, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The print on Swift’s jacket was smaller, but the one on Hudson’s was simpler to make out.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • It was made out of ceramic and had a happy face on one side and a sad face on the other.
    — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Your hormones are made out of proteins; so is your hair.
    — Rob Toews, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The men had fired of their own accord, though in the commotion Hutchinson could not make out his words.
    — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Wingerter didn’t have time to make out the lines, and for the two-hour visit on their friend’s porch, the intrigue nagged like an itch.
    — Danny Freedman, Outside Online, 8 July 2022
  • The suit was huge, made out of lightweight foam, like upholstery foam.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In the video, Rick could just make out the dim outlines of a small room with a blurry object sitting in the center of the floor.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 June 2022
  • The dispatcher kept speaking, but Rogers couldn't make out the words.
    — Michelle Watson and Travis Caldwell, CNN, 20 May 2022
  • There's just enough graphical detail to make out what things are and where to click for them, but not much more.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Shortly after the arrest, Leonard put out a radio call that was hard to make out.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
  • While sitting down with the rest of the Housewives, Dorit outs the Southern belle, 52, for making out with her driver.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In scratchy handwriting that was hard to make out, the document said that the parents’ first names were Miguel and María.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Eclipse glasses were made out of shards of clear glass blackened over a candle.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The only shapes that are easy to make out are the headlights, which look like Gollum's bulbous eyes peering out in the dark.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 6 July 2022
  • The only sight more beautiful than a Buc-ee’s is a Buc-ee’s made out of sugar.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023

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