How to Use making in a Sentence
making
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The College Board has said that the course had been a decade in the making.
— Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022 -
Think of this process as the candy making of the cheese world.
— Asha Loupy, Bon Appétit, 4 Jan. 2023 -
The sausage-making of how insulin is priced is not for the faint of heart.
— Danielle Ofri, STAT, 20 Jan. 2023 -
As of this morning, Nicole has passed and the SLS—18 years in the making—has flown.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Nov. 2022 -
The cause of the worker shortfall has been years in the making, Popp said.
— Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2022 -
It's been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs.
— Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022 -
This is the story of a group of stars in the making, rap squad Coast Contra.
— Armon Sadler, Billboard, 28 June 2022 -
The making of a quarterback is still a work in progress.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 -
And not just the piper, but everyone involved in the making of a show.
— Bob Verini, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The makings for the next big crazy movie double feature were there.
— Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Now, Tyler has shared more details about the recording of the song and making of the music video.
— Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Their big day was about a year in the making after Yaraghi popped the question in June 2021.
— Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022 -
So this is a good test for us in terms of our on-the-ball decision making.
— The Enquirer, 5 May 2023 -
To be a fly on the wall during the making of this album would have been something.
— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Dec. 2022 -
Well, [our keyboardist] Rob Collins died in a car crash during the making of that.
— Annie Zaleski, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2022 -
And this was a case that -- entirely of his own making.
— CBS News, 18 June 2023 -
The making of movies was part of the art from its earliest days, as in this quartet of short films.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023 -
The announcement on Thursday had been months in the making.
— New York Times, 30 June 2022 -
To reiterate, that time was a decade-plus in the making.
— Max Bell, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2022 -
Though, Campbell was sure to note that the babies weren't the only ones crying during the making of the film!
— Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2022 -
The debut of the Space Launch System rocket has been years — and billions of dollars — in the making.
— Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022 -
The former is a SweeTart of a look at the making of a TV comedy.
— Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Try your hand at sushi or stick to classics like pasta and pie-making.
— Andrea Crowley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022 -
Paul has been known to close games with his decision making.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022 -
But this was a moment looking for a hero, and a 38-year-old Rodgers-to-rookie WR play was a classic in the making.
— Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022 -
But while this week will mark her first day on the job, her career in poetry has been more than 20 years in the making.
— Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2022 -
It is often said that the making of a film or TV production is akin to running a city.
— Zena Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2022 -
The results of the study will help to provide a direction for decision making by the board.
— Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The stays are for four guests each, at $89 per person and include retro snacks, hair and nail accessories, and activities like friendship bracelet making, movie night and fashion shows.
— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Beyond the possibility of a massive sell off of formerly-public land, there’s the topic of local input in decision making on BLM land.
— Wes Siler, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
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