How to Use make out in a Sentence

make out

verb

• 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
• Some of the entries are blurred, and most are too dense or high to make out in the dim light.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
• The moon was bright enough to make out the name of the village on a sign: Chumak.
  — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 15 May 2022
• Hunter left her car and could make out the body of one of the women on the ground nearby.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
• But the two men could still make out the blue carriages.
  — CNN, 2 July 2022
• The image was so clear that some faces could be made out.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
• The video was too dark, and had been shot from too far a distance, to make out the man’s face.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021
• The cage, which deputies found in the home, was made out of a pack and play, a baby gate roof and zip ties.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 29 July 2024
• 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
• The Coast of Utopia and touching the ocean that was made out of a giant silk blanket.
  — Barry Levitt, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
• Zak claimed to be able to make out that the right side of her jacket was shorter than the left.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Flag poles must be made out of wood, plastic and/or PVC.
  — Samantha Neely, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
• His words were hard to make out because of the stroke, Sylvia Walker said.
  — Sara Sidner, CNN, 24 Dec. 2021
• Every house in Guatemala used to have at least one rug made out of this wool.
  — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2024
• The checks were made out to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• But Em really just came to see Sue and make out with her against the wall.
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• 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
• That’s a lot less important than it was made out to be.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
• 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
• Then, the two tribes of Bezoses make out with each other and use a lot of tongue.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
• Some are made out of breezy linen and others stretchy elastane.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 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
• The young actress wore camo print pants, a black tank top and a purse made out of tires to the 2001 red carpet for her film Blow.
  — Tanisha Bhat, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
• Biba asks Haider, a couple of hours before making out with him in a dark alley.
  — Hazlitt, 11 Sep. 2024
• There’s that funny joke that says, the discovery of the Higgs is discovering what nothingness is made out of.
  — Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024