make out

Example Sentences

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Initially, it seemed like he might make out fine, even as he insisted on pleading guilty.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 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 Paula whispers something that Lilian can’t quite make out, just before the hypnotist brings her out of the spell, Lilian protests in English, “I need to hear her!”

From Salon • Jan. 18, 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

And in that second circle of blue flame stood a figure he couldn’t make out, a figure that looked almost like a woman.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley