making out

Example Sentences

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“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

"There was an aggression that bled through the editorial that was not as innocent as it was making out to be," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

Crooner John Legend weighed in after discovering the two were making out to one of his songs.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Turner wasn’t sure he was making out every word, what with the ringing in his ears and the clanging in his brain.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt