make out

“But the pages were blank, or at least unreadable, were they not? Even the children said that the only part of the book that could be clearly made out was the title.”

Her mouth was full of cake, so the word was hard to make out, but Penelope thought it sounded like “mayhem.”

The mural itself had been damaged in spots by all the wallpapering done over it, so she was not able to make out the artist’s signature.

And although technically not a bake, one of my favorite things to make out of pears is sorbet.

I crept closer so I could make out what the men were saying without letting them know I was listening.