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Example sentences for "make things"

  • John's wife always liked Melanctha and she always did all she could to make things pleasant.

  • Melanctha never now could complain of his treatment of her, for surely, he said it always by his actions to her, surely she must know how a man was when he had trouble on his mind with trying to make things go a little better.

  • Now that the two children growing up were of more importance in the house, and now that long acquaintance had brushed the dazzle out of Anna's eyes, she began to struggle to make things go here as she thought was right.

  • Then, to make things worse, a blast of bitter air whipped the men's anxious faces, and the sea broke into short, angry ripples.

  • Dragging the double-handled saw backward and forward through the gummy wood all day was tiring work, while, to make things worse, it rained most of the time and the clearing was churned into a slough by the gangs of toiling men.

  • This well-trained care on his part bid fair to make things awkward.

  • Y: He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you).

  • Y: We have indeed sent down signs that make things manifest: and Allah guides whom He wills to a way that is straight.

  • Now all these tidings moved me a little; not enough to spoil appetite, but enough to make things lively, and to teach me that look of wisdom which is bred of practice only, and the hearing of many lies.

  • They want to "make things," real things, that they or some one can use.

  • Even at this age the child longs to be a producer, to "make things"; and his best development requires that we train this inclination.

  • I have endeavoured to make things pleasant to-night, and I put it to you whether I have done it or not.

  • If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I've got another pair in my pocket.

  • Now I won't allude to conspiring to extort money or anything of that sort, because we are men and women of the world here, and our object is to make things pleasant.

  • To make things worse, a giant tree had fallen and obstructed much of the passage, compelling us to negotiate the rapid in its worst part.

  • The current was extraordinarily swift, and to make things worse a strong north-easterly wind blew with great fury, driving us back and producing such high waves that our canoe was constantly filled with water.

  • To make things worse, there was a hill range on the right bank of the river, on which we were.

  • In order to make things as easy as possible for them I once more rearranged the loads that afternoon, abandoning six hundred rifle cartridges, several tins of hyposulphite of soda, other chemicals, all the developing trays, etc.

  • He said particularly that we were not to let you get all worked out and get sick so you couldn't go with us, and he particularly told us about a lot of things he wanted us to buy to make things easy on the way.

  • He said we were to get every convenience to make things easy, so the cook wouldn't leave; for he'd rather pay any amount than have Cloudy work herself to death and have to break down and leave us.

  • It was now rumoured that Dr Thorne intended to stand for the county on the next vacancy, and that did not tend to make things smoother.

  • He is doing the best he can to make things right.

  • Now if the others should try to make things unpleasant?

  • I liked it; but I'd a feeling now and then that it might be more bracing to do something useful; make things, for instance, or even go into business.

  • To make things worse, she was half full of water, and nobody could spare a hand to bale it out.

  • To make things worse, three or four days a week, heavy clouds that raced across the sky all morning gathered in solid banks at noon, and then, as if in mockery, broke up and drove away.

  • To make things worse, I have a letter from the man in Winnipeg they borrowed from, informing me that he would seize Gerald's land unless a large sum is paid.

  • To make things worse, I rashly mentioned that it bore out Harding's prognostications.

  • We'll make things a little more homelike here.

  • We do our best to make things right in the mills, and that's all we can do.

  • Well, you seem to favour him, to make things as pleasant for him as you can.

  • Mildred was studious; she had profited by the good teaching she had had while her father was alive, and was able to "make things out" for herself; but she cultivated her mind at the expense of her body.

  • Men can't abide women who don't make things comfortable.

  • Sir Lionel, essaying to make things pleasant, after his fashion.

  • It was a great opportunity for him to make things pleasant.

  • Sir Lionel, meaning to make things pleasant, now got up, and went over to his son.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "make things" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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