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

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

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

"We had to make out own plan, I knew I couldn't allow our residents to experience something like that again," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

He could clearly make out words now—a woman was speaking to someone, her voice resonating with power, much like Merriweather’s had.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley