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Example sentences for "makes"

Lexicographically close words:
makee; makeing; maken; maker; makers; makeshift; makeshifts; makest; maketh; makeup
  1. The clumsiness of acknowledgment is what makes the artist into an artisan.

  2. Illustration] 'Tis November makes the (Lord) Mayor to go.

  3. Thank you, Bill; you needn't be jealous of him, for it is only what he did that makes me ask a favor for him!

  4. Adopted by the Sioux nation, known to them as the 'White Elk,' he has become a great chief, and their young braves follow in his lead with a confidence which makes them better than the solders sent to subdue them.

  5. I have my Lord who makes the path smooth to the gentle Dauphin, for to do this deed I was born.

  6. She was a wonderful woman because she was always true to the best that she knew, and it is this that makes her an example for us all.

  7. We let you get away with that other thing, but this last deal of yours makes it look as if you were hunting trouble.

  8. That makes a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in expenses, doesn't it?

  9. Contract with the Seaboard folks makes it look like it would pay eighteen, twenty per cent on the investment, maybe more.

  10. Ought to make me fifty thousand if it makes a cent.

  11. That makes two dollars an acre," said she, and looked at Scattergood.

  12. Why," says she, "makes me feel like a young girl ag'in.

  13. Politics took in moderation, follerin' a meal of business, makes an all-fired tasty dessert.

  14. What makes you say he hain't guilty, Mary?

  15. That makes forty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars," she said.

  16. Nothing makes people so confident and trustful as the sight of money?

  17. The edge of this makes a seat, and on each side are placed stone lamps in which blubber is burned, with moss as a wick.

  18. They were ravens which had been enlarged and reduced by reflecting and refracting surfaces and a changing atmosphere, in much the same manner as a curved mirror makes a caricature of one's self.

  19. Nature makes use of this law of physics to ease the hard lot of its creatures fighting the weather in the icy world.

  20. With its black-tipped ears in line with its back it makes a fascinating little bit of nature's handiwork.

  21. One's sense of cold, under normal conditions, is a correct instrument in its bearing upon animal functions, but as an instrument of physics it makes an unreliable thermometer.

  22. Unless one has been in the Arctic, I suppose it is impossible to understand its fascination--a fascination which makes men risk their lives and endure inconceivable hardships for, as I view it now, no profitable personal purpose of any kind.

  23. While the valleys and the gullies become garden spots of summer glory, the very protection from winds which makes this life possible buries the vegetable luxuriousness in winter under unfathomable depths of snow.

  24. Cook makes no mention of animal life, and this is corroborated by Peary's own statement that he observed no tracks of animals beyond the 88th parallel.

  25. There should have been nothing to have disturbed our tempers, but the coming of the long blackness makes all Polar life ill at ease.

  26. He there ridicules the notion that astronomy is a sublime science because it makes men look upward.

  27. As my business is with the sense of the passage, and as it makes no sense without the change, and very good sense with it, I cannot hesitate to make the emendation.

  28. And in the universe as it is, the two are necessarily co-existent in the human thought because they are co-existent in the Divine Thought which makes the world.

  29. When weight produces motion, the inertia is the reaction which makes the motion determinate.

  30. Because stone is inert, and all the earth consists of stones, and the other heavenly bodies are of the same nature,--is a conclusion which makes the properties of the whole the same as those of the part.

  31. Astronomy is one of the sciences which you require, because it makes men's minds look upwards, and study things above.

  32. There is an external world of Facts; and in this, the Facts are such as he makes them by his Acts.

  33. If his action is graceful, tell him he makes too much use of his arms and hands; and if his action is moderate, persuade the public that his arms are tied behind him.

  34. A lofty subject of itself doth bring Grave words and weighty, of itself divine; And makes the author's holy honour shine.

  35. And what makes you think there's no God, dear?

  36. He says if he makes a fuss, you'll shoot him.

  37. Olga makes me sick," said Kent, and he stalked over to claim a waltz with Lydia.

  38. It--it makes me feel sort of sick at my stomach," replied Lydia, slowly.

  39. She of course missed the dormitory living which is what makes University existence unique.

  40. The water she swallowed makes her awful sick at her stomach, I guess.

  41. But what makes Charlie think you're stealing them?

  42. It makes me realize my little girl's growing up to be a pretty woman.

  43. And the thing that makes me surest is the feeling I have for you, I know that I'll have another chance.

  44. The writer, in fun, makes Raicharan's skill depend on doing just what the wrestler tries to avoid, i.

  45. This word comes from the Greek "sophistes," meaning a sophist, that is to say, one who makes a pretence of being wise.

  46. Unsophisticated means one who makes no pretence to be learned.

  47. Just as the conjurer makes all kinds of things appear before the eyes.

  48. He doesn't know what makes one tree curly and another not.

  49. I think the most significant thing is that at least 12 of the trees have nut characteristics so near alike that they are about indistinguishable, which certainly makes them a good source of seed.

  50. Hence, the successful grower makes an effort through disease and insect control and proper fertilization and cultivation to keep his trees strong.

  51. Catkin bearing nut trees, such as the walnut, have a refined structure that makes grafting difficult.

  52. Incidentally, a weak chlorine bleach (Clorox) after these heartnuts are hulled does for them what peroxide does for the ladies and makes them look very inviting.

  53. Just what it is that makes a difference in the hardiness or ability to withstand low temperatures without injury is not known.

  54. I find that soil makes some difference with this variety.

  55. A volume like this has 50 or 75 different articles but no mention in the title reveals the content of the article which makes it a job to try to refer back to or use these reports for reference.

  56. It has been a real pleasure to serve in the capacity of Secretary to this organization and I regret that lack of time to do this work as it should be done makes me feel it is necessary to relinquish this post.

  57. It is the only method which makes her elimination certain.

  58. Look down at that circle of steam which makes a perfect ring around the bowl of the crater, halfway down.

  59. Said I: "To assist at the final apotheosis of Professor Bottomly makes us very, very happy.

  60. Not John; he perfectly hates and despises parties, but his mother makes him go to them, and he always stands over by the musicians and mopes just as he is doing now," Phyllis explained.

  61. In the former the ways and moods of childhood are depicted in original and inimitable fashion, which makes it safe to predict that the author will go far beyond her first effort as a novelist.

  62. Tis sometimes Fortune's little joke With vinegar to brim the cup; And on the grass this fickle Lass Makes pennies come the wrong side up.

  63. On manners of the best this sport, By right of glory, makes a call, And he who will not as he ought Should never play at all.

  64. I have a dog's-eared birthday list That makes me mock your silly fears And hope for centuries from your wrist-- Wait till you come to fifty years.

  65. The possession of high musical attainments makes her temperament all the more interesting, and accounts for the presence in so remote a district of her German friend whose acute sense of the ridiculous leads to such untoward results.

  66. But if the batsmen force the pace, From me she quickly takes her cue; Perceives the fun of stolen run, The overthrow that makes it two.

  67. He spoke the truth, too, for he makes himself the law in Gweedore.

  68. I could understand such a prosecution as this in America, where the Constitution makes it impossible even for Congress to pass laws "impairing the validity of contracts.

  69. If the British Parliament evicts the landlords and makes the tenants lords of the land, they will be face to face with Davitt's demand for the nationalising of the land.

  70. It is one among many others, but I choose it because its very crudeness makes my meaning clear.

  71. They have known, perhaps, a reaction of the physical nerves, but never this light within the soul that lifts the horizons of the consciousness and makes one know that God exists, that death is not even separation, and that eternity is now.

  72. We cooperated with the Power that makes the universe alive.

  73. To summon you in that way makes me shudder.

  74. The important thing is to know you still live, not with regret and selfish grief, but with that joy and sure conviction which makes the so-called separation a temporary test, perhaps, but never a final blow.

  75. So when Ariadne makes a face at me to leave her, I don't see it.

  76. Mr. Aix makes him laugh, and I like to hear his nice little curly laugh.

  77. Of course in this house epigrams are the same as bread-and-butter, hers and ours, for George pays her a good salary for typing those that he makes ready for print.

  78. George can't in fairness advise as an author and command as a father, so the result is that Ariadne makes blunders at all these parties she goes to now.

  79. The moment Goodwood is over, they all troop off to Germany or Switzerland and pay pounds to some doctor who only makes them leave off eating and drinking too much, and go to bed a little before daylight.

  80. Elizabeth says it is all she can do not to give warning than stay in such a God-forgotten house over the time, and she makes a small plum-pudding for the kitchen and gets us all down, except George, to stir it on the sly.

  81. She makes them take count of every crease though, and begs them to invent a fate for her.

  82. Mother makes everything, sheets, window-curtains, and our frocks and her own.

  83. Then he took them to a London restaurant and made them drunk, and still they shook their heads and sent him to Middleman, who makes all their bargains for them, but he can't control all the reviews.

  84. I am proud to call a grown-up person by her Christian name, and a titled lady too, and it makes Ariadne jealous, which does her good, and keeps her down.

  85. But it is in a town, and that makes all the difference.

  86. The thing that makes me maddest," she remarked, "is the delay in catching Bess Hulbert.

  87. There's something inside me that makes me feel as if nothing else is so important--for me.

  88. Undoubtedly these stale tricks had their irresistible effect only when men were disposed to be in a merry humour, but their antiquity makes them to us like woodcuts, in the angular lines of which there lies a certain charm.

  89. The propositions which he makes for the elevation of the class are sensible, but unsatisfactory; as indeed are almost all theories with respect to social evils.

  90. As characteristic of such a frame of mind, a flying-sheet will here be given, which, in the allegorical style of the seventeenth century, makes bitter observations on the new State policy.

  91. Be more reasonable than this; sorrow makes you unjust.

  92. A second time submerged the woman is fast suffocating, and makes one more desperate effort for breath; but, instead of air, it is water which she inspires.

  93. I have my vitriol in the fiacre now, and your white skin shall have a touch, miss; for it makes me sick to see your fine lady countenance.

  94. You would be surprised what a pretty contrast the moss makes to the bright rosy apples or the rich golden pears.

  95. It is true the notary makes offers of love to Louise; she has told us so repeatedly.

  96. Whether the ears of corn be heavy or light makes no difference to us.

  97. My poor wife, you are ill and in pain, and that makes you impatient; say anything you like to me, but pray never tell me again I wish to get rid of you!

  98. When the mothers are near by the bellowing of the young ones as the hot iron burns into the hide makes them wild with fear and anxiety, and the motherly instinct to charge is strained to the utmost, though they seldom dare to do it.

  99. My head is pretty well, only a sudden turn any time makes me giddy for a moment, and sometimes it feels very stuffed; but if it grows no worse, I can bear it very well.

  100. This makes strong hearts--strong heads attest its charm-- This nerves the might that sleeps in Britain's brawny arm!

  101. It perceives how close it is to the Spirit of God, and the sense of this nearness makes it better able to hold on to its duty.

  102. In this sacrament, when the unclean spirit has been expelled from the soul, the Holy Ghost enters in and makes it like to Himself.

  103. Human respect makes us again cowardly, or the sheer monotony of perseverance dulls and wearies the soul.

  104. His soul had been on terms of friendship with God, for it had turned irresistibly to Him, as a flower growing in a dark place turns irresistibly to where the hardy daylight makes its way into the gloom.

  105. Of course that makes the wonder not less, but greater.

  106. To my faith, it makes the whole difference in my attitude to the Mother of God that within her womb for those silent months lay the Incarnate Wisdom.

  107. The divine presence, then, of God in the soul, effected by sanctifying grace, makes the soul more worthy a temple, more fit a home.

  108. Still, generally, it would seem that people who surrender themselves to God do get a sense or a feeling which leads them right and makes them sure.

  109. Said the Latin proverb: "Friendship either finds, or makes men equal.

  110. But it is this sonship of God that alone makes any matter in the world.

  111. Creation pours into us the divine gift of existence and therefore makes us partakers in the divine being, for existence implies a participation in the being of God.

  112. The indwelling of God makes the soul like to God.

  113. All this, of course, as soon as considered, is admitted by every believer in God, but the gift of knowledge makes it realized and seen steadfastly.

  114. It makes much more disturbance in the household than you think for, if you are late to breakfast, and it sets back the day terribly.

  115. But his wise father says that it is the presence of mind which in the midst of shipwreck put the right things into the bag which makes the wonder.

  116. I think it makes no difference how you make this mental review of the author, but I do think it essential that, as you pass from one division of his work to another, you should make it somehow.

  117. A Sapient Project for our Hero's Conversion--His Rival makes his Appearance, and its Consequences V.

  118. Allow me to go to the place he mentions, for I know the ravine well, but I never knew nor do I believe that there is a cavern at all in it, and that is what makes me suspect the scoundrel's motives.

  119. I know something about him; and I tell you that if ever the laws become more lenient, the moment this man makes his appearance his bishop will deprive him of all spiritual jurisdiction for life.

  120. One makes a slave of you, and the other allows you to play the tyrant.

  121. If your honor makes haste you'll catch him.

  122. I do both, you foolish darling; but what makes you speak so?

  123. As for the masther, he makes a god of her.

  124. The earliest mention Acrelius makes of congregational officers, is in the time of Fabritius in 1684, when Church Wardens made an appeal to the members with reference to the pastor's salary.

  125. These Vorsteher were elected annually and this constitution makes the elders serve for life.


  126. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "makes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    makes himself; makes mention; makes them