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

From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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

It was still dark, but now Bat could make out the branches of the tree.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold