Thesaurus / make
FEEDBACKHow to use make in a sentence
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYShe did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYGive a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThose in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIt is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOETerror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUThe sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUFanning and Wharton were to make head against the infantry and cavalry.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO MAKE
- acquaint
- adumbrate
- advise
- allude to
- angle
- apprise
- bring up
- broach
- coax
- connote
- cue
- drop
- expose
- fish
- foreshadow
- give an inkling
- impart
- imply
- infer
- inform
- insinuate
- intimate
- jog memory
- leak
- let it be known
- let out of bag
- make
- mention
- point
- prefigure
- press
- prompt
- put flea in ear
- recall
- refer to
- remind
- say in passing
- shadow
- signify
- solicit
- spring
- tip off
- tip one's hand
- touch on
- whisper
- wink
- acquaints
- adumbrates
- advises
- allude to
- angles
- apprises
- brings up
- broaches
- coaxes
- connotes
- cues
- drops
- exposes
- fishes
- foreshadows
- gives an inkling
- imparts
- implies
- infers
- informs
- insinuates
- intimates
- jog memory
- leaks
- lets it be knows
- lets out of bag
- makes
- mentions
- points
- prefigures
- presses
- prompts
- puts flea in ear
- recalls
- refers to
- reminds
- says in passes
- shadows
- signifies
- solicits
- springs
- tip one's hand
- tips off
- touches on
- whispers
- winks
- add up to
- announce
- argue
- attest
- augur
- be symptomatic
- bespeak
- betoken
- button down
- card
- connote
- demonstrate
- denote
- designate
- evidence
- evince
- express
- finger
- hint
- illustrate
- imply
- import
- intimate
- make
- manifest
- mark
- mean
- name
- peg
- pin down
- pinpoint
- point out
- point to
- prove
- read
- record
- register
- reveal
- show
- sign
- signal
- slot
- specify
- suggest
- symbolize
- tab
- tag
- testify
- witness
- adds up to
- announces
- argues
- attests
- augurs
- bespeaks
- betokens
- buttons down
- cards
- connotes
- demonstrates
- denotes
- designates
- evidences
- evinces
- expresses
- fingers
- hints
- illustrates
- implies
- imports
- intimates
- is symptomatic
- makes
- manifests
- marks
- means
- names
- pegs
- pinpoints
- pins down
- point to
- points out
- proves
- reads
- records
- registers
- reveals
- shows
- signals
- signs
- slots
- specifies
- suggests
- symbolizes
- tabs
- tags
- testifies
- witnesses
- abet
- activate
- actuate
- argue into
- breed
- bring about
- bring around
- bulldoze
- cajole
- cause
- coax
- convince
- draw
- draw in
- effect
- engender
- generate
- get
- get up
- give rise to
- goose
- impel
- incite
- influence
- instigate
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- persuade
- press
- prevail upon
- procure
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- sell one on
- set in motion
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- steamroll
- suck in
- sway
- sweet-talk
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- urge
- wheedle
- win over
- baffle
- balk
- barge in
- busybody
- butt in
- conflict
- discommode
- foil
- fool with
- frustrate
- get in the way
- get involved
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- horn in
- impede
- incommode
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- intercede
- interlope
- intermeddle
- intermediate
- intermit
- interpose
- intrude
- jam
- make
- mix in
- obstruct
- obtrude
- oppose
- poke nose in
- prevent
- remit
- step in
- stop
- suspend
- tamper
- thwart
- trammel
- trouble
- ad-lib
- author
- bear
- bring into being
- coin
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- conceive
- contrive
- cook up
- design
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- execute
- fake
- fashion
- find
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- hatch
- imagine
- improve
- improvise
- inaugurate
- initiate
- jam
- knock off
- make
- make up
- mint
- off-the-cuff
- originate
- plan
- produce
- project
- toss off
- turn out
- wing
- act on
- adjudge
- adjudicate
- appraise
- appreciate
- approximate
- arbitrate
- arrive
- ascertain
- assess
- check
- collect
- conclude
- condemn
- consider
- criticize
- decide
- decree
- deduct
- derive
- determine
- discern
- distinguish
- doom
- draw
- esteem
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- find
- gather
- give a hearing
- make
- make out
- mediate
- pass sentence
- place
- pronounce sentence
- put
- rate
- reckon
- referee
- resolve
- review
- rule
- sentence
- settle
- sit
- size up
- suppose
- test
- try
- umpire
- value
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