making out

Example Sentences

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Matt: Why are people making out that it's a binary choice?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“I’m tired of making up while you’ve been making out with someone else’s makeup,” she spits in her signature punk parlando.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Keegan later apologized for her “choice language” but said she felt frustrated because “the interviewer was making out it was all my fault.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2023

After spending their early adult years hanging out without making out, the two drifted apart after Will got married.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

But Shorty was making out well in Boston, playing in small clubs.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey