make out

Example Sentences

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And not nearly enough noise is made out of the fact that “Rocky”—not “Network,” “Taxi Driver,” “Bound for Glory” or “All the President’s Men”—was chosen the best picture of 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal

Equipment sellers, on average, made out better than the miners.

From Barron's

Structures made out of bed sheets and clothing—assembled by displaced Palestinians who haven’t received a proper tent—are disintegrating in the heavy rains and winds, leaving many out in the cold.

From The Wall Street Journal

He would have made out like a bandit, given the fall in property prices, which took the best part of a decade to recover.

From MarketWatch

Elen said it "doesn't really matter" whether the comments were made out of malice or ignorance.

From BBC