make out

Example Sentences

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On the Marine Traffic map, which tracks world shipping movements, you can make out clusters of ships, mainly tankers, anchored far to the north near Kuwait, as well as off the coast near Dubai.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 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

The shout was audible in the broadcast, although many viewers would have struggled to make out the word.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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

At first I could make out nothing in the dark car; then in a corner I saw a tall, uneven shape.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom