Sentences with make

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I'd just like to make a comment. [VERB noun]
Apparently he made a mess of his audition. [VERB noun + of]
Cheap helmets to make bike-share plan work.
Heart to make its debut at new home.
Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated. [V as if to-inf]
He made 1,972 runs for the county. [VERB amount]
Rudd now has no choice but to make the resources rent tax central to his political persona between now and the next election.
Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to make sense' is explained at 'sense'.
Grit from the highway made him cough. [VERB noun infinitive]
Mama made him clean up the plate. [VERB noun infinitive]
...James Bond, the role that made him a star. [VERB noun noun]
They live in fantasy worlds which make Euro Disney seem uninventive. [V n inf adj/prep/n]
Aron couldn't speak Polish. I made myself understood with difficulty. [V pron-refl -ed]
Mr Blair made him transport minister. [VERB noun noun]
We made it into a beautiful home. [VERB noun + into]
This makes the total cost of the bulb and energy £27. [V n amount]
Lorenzo was a natural leader who made friends easily. [VERB noun]
She made her own bread. [VERB noun]
We are making a film about wildlife. [VERB noun]
You wash while I make some lunch. [VERB noun]
Mr Perry made a note in his book. [VERB noun]
The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them. [VERB noun]
I think every business's goal is to make money. [VERB noun]
What really makes the book are the beautiful designs. [VERB noun]
The only car parked outside is a black Saab–a different make.
She'll make a good actress, if she gets the right training. [VERB noun]
A group of people made a circle around the Pentagon. [VERB noun]
Four twos make eight. [VERB amount]
The athletes are just happy to make the British team. [VERB noun]
They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall. [VERB noun preposition]
All I want to know is how many T-shirts Jim Martin has got. I make it three. [VERB noun]
I make it nearly 9.30. [VERB noun noun]
To make a chair from bits of wood
To make a decision
Don't make a noise
Please make him go away
They made him chairman
One swallow doesn't make a summer
To make merry
He will make a good teacher
Your news has made my day
Twelve inches make a foot
Did she make one of the party?
That piece of cloth will make a coat
To make a bed
Charm makes a good salesman
To make a gesture
They made to go out
I will make this town my base
To make a speech
What time do you make it?
That furniture makes the room look dark
To make friends
make love not war
We can make a hundred miles by nightfall
He didn't make the first act of the play
The water in the hold was making a foot a minute
To make the headlines
What make of car is that?
They were made for each other
To make corrections
To make a fire
To make change, to make room
To make a suggestion
make her director
The portrait makes him an old man
Two pints make a quart
This makes his fifth novel
To make a fine leader
To make rules
To make friends
To make a fortune
That venture made her
What do you make of the poem?
I make the distance about 500 miles
To make a quick turn
To make war
make the machine work, make him behave
The ship made port
To make a train
To make 500 miles the first day, to make 90 miles an hour
To make the team, to make the headlines
A made man
She made to go
make bold, make merry, etc.
make ready, make fast, etc.
A foreign make of car
A man of this make
Run a make on the suspect
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas. This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
We will make as if to leave, then come back and surprise him.
The clerk made away with the cash and checks.
The little girl dressed in a sheet and made believe she was a ghost.
When my father comes back with a dark wet spot on his pants, right in front, as if he has made in his pants, he starts eating his food in great shovelfuls.
May I make so bold as to suggest that you stand when they enter?
You have to spend money to make money! He made twenty bucks playing poker last night. They hope to make a bigger profit. She makes more than he does, and works longer hours than he does, but she still does most of the house-cleaning. He didn't make the choir after his voice changed. She made ten points in that game.
During the war we had no butter or coffee, so we had to make do without them.
The bank teller made good the shortage and was given a light sentence.
She'll make a fine president.
I am making heavy weather with my income tax return.
make plans; made a questionable decision
To make it to the train; to make it through college.
I'm going to go out and make like a gardener.
Let's make with the feet.
The park was swarming with sailors on the make.
To make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
To make trouble; to make war.
To make someone happy.
The president made her his special envoy.
To make a bed; to make dinner.
To make bricks out of clay.
To make a virtue of one's vices.
To make a horse jump a barrier.
It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle.
To make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil.
To make a short poem for the occasion.
To make a will.
To make a bargain.
To make laws.
You'll make a good lawyer.
To make a decision.
What do you make of it?
To make the distance at ten miles.
To make a matched set.
What make of car do you drive?
Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen.
I can name the tribe every moccasin belongs to by the make of it.
To make good reading.
The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
One story does not make a writer.
In 1880 the make of pig iron in all countries was 18,300,000 tons.
This wool will make a warm sweater.
[ …] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last being perhaps torn or broken in the "make" — as the manufacture is technically termed.
A deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day.
I never feel very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make; but I've got a sort of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region.
To make a stirring speech.
It's your make as the cards lie. Take your time.
To make 60 miles an hour.
If the interrupter operated every 2 sec. , the current would rise to 10 amp. and drop to zero with successive "makes" and "breaks. "
The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80?
However, the unzip and make programs weren't found, so the default was left blank.
To make the first show.
"They ever get a make on the blood type?" Horn asked, staring at the stained mattress.
If you hurry, you can make the next flight.
To me, if I weren't going with someone and was taking pills, it would be like advertising that I'm an easy make.
He made the big time.
Sent back the list of makes with only Post and Hamilton on it. (Buckner had recommended 10 staff officers and 1 combat soldier!)
The robbery made the front page.
Blue Peter "make"
The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row.
The last we shall have, I take it; for a make to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.
The team made 40 points in the first half.
We made a bird feeder for our yard. I'll make a man out of him yet. I made a poem for her wedding. He made a will. make war They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights. They made nice together, as if their fight never happened. He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
He makes some of the best corn in the country.
They make a cute couple. This makes the third infraction. One swallow does not a summer make.
To make sure.
I don’t know what to make of it.
To make merry.
This company is what made you. She married into wealth and so has it made.
This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes.
The citizens made their objections clear. This might make you a bit woozy. Did I make myself heard? Scotch will make you a man.
They made after the thief.
You're making her cry. I was made to feel like a criminal.
It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year.
The teacher made the student study. Don’t let them make you suffer.
It's making down hard.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
Make the door shut.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
They made westward over the snowy mountains. Make for the hills! It's a wildfire! They made away from the fire toward the river.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the company's stock.

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