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

“As Anne said in her article in ‘V,’ she loved working with Garry Marshall and never referenced making out with multiple actors during the casting of ‘Princess Diaries.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

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

First he asked Mama if we were making out all right, and Mama said we were.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson