make out

Example Sentences

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Viewers found it hard to make out exactly what Green was yelling about unless they stayed around for post-speech coverage on cable news.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

It was difficult from my seat in the press gallery to make out much of what he was saying.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Cordoning off their share of terrace was a pane of pebbled glass, through which Kertész could make out the forms of vacationing neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

When AFP visited on Friday, Yayang church was completely covered in blue cladding, but reporters could clearly make out the silhouette of the main dome -- now missing its cross.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Despite her efforts to peer through, she couldn’t make out more than the cracks of light.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny