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Example sentences for "making their"

  • Tarbox and Flowers had been on the watch on the side of the hill looking towards that part of the forest where the seeming deer had appeared, and had observed the young officers making their way in that direction.

  • They hid themselves to watch what it would do; another and another followed, when, making their way up to a dry part of the beach, they were seen to stir up the sand, and to remain for some time at the spot.

  • In large swamps in the south they generally nest at a low elevation, while in the marshes of Wisconsin and Minnesota, large colonies of them nest on the ground, making their nest of rushes.

  • They build at low elevations in any tree, but preferably in mesquites, making their nests of sticks and lining them with hair, leaves, bark, wool or anything soft.

  • Page 325 making their nests of small twigs and rootlets, lined with fine grasses and lichens.

  • Making their submission, and humbly excusing their evil actions, as proceeding from ignorance, and not from obstinacy or malice.

  • This I think is verified in the Experience of the World; & should induce those People who exercise the Right of electing their own Rulers, to be circumspect in making their Choice.

  • I shall also gratify those whose Hearts are bent upon my Removal, and shall save them Abundance of Pains in making their Interest to effect it.

  • They nest in crevices of the rocks or under ledges, making their nests of grasses and roots.

  • They build at low elevations, making their nests of sticks and twigs.

  • They build in colonies in the marshes, making their nests of rushes and grasses woven together and attached to stalks of rushes quite often over the water.

  • They lay from seven to ten eggs of a creamy buff color, making their nest of moss and grasses, placed under or in tufts of grass or in crevices of rocks; usually lining the nest with feathers (2.

  • Though deprived of every comfort, shut away from the light of the sun, making their home in the dark but friendly bosom of the earth, they uttered no complaint.

  • On the preceding day, Luther, joining the crowds that were already making their way to the church, posted on its door a paper containing ninety-five propositions against the doctrine of indulgences.

  • It was with great difficulty that the Romans succeeded in making their retreat.

  • Mr. Hungerford had an excellent family, making their home at the Falls during all their perplexities.

  • The jam breakers are in the wildest excitement, cheering and hurrahing, and some may be seen out in the current of logs, jumping from one to another, or making their escape to the shore.

  • In that year they left the middle west for the Pacific coast, making their way to Walla Walla county, Washington.

  • After washing out about eighty dollars in gold, the party returned to Walla Walla, making their headquarters at the home of J.

  • They knew him of old and said that he was a fellow only fit to make the other criminals who were there unruly, by projecting and putting them into way of making their escape.

  • They highly esteem the confessional, and when they become sick they clamor at once for the father, and find relief in making their confession.

  • Most remarkable was the fervor which resulted from it, for the Christians made excellent preparation for receiving the sacrament, many of them, in all the villages, making their confessions.

  • The blazing fire, however, throwing as it did a bright light upon the empty gateway through which they must pass, showed that at present, at least, the besieged had no idea of making their escape.

  • From house to house our troops fought their way; frequently, when the street was so swept by fire that it was impossible to progress there, making their way by breaking down the party walls, and so working from one house into another.

  • We shall be well disguised; and no end of Sepoys, and people from Cawnpore, must be making their way to Lucknow, so that very few questions are likely to be asked.

  • These were matchlock-men, on their way to join the forces besieging the Residency at Cawnpore, toward which town they had been making their way, as the boom of the guns sounded sharper and clearer every mile that they traveled.

  • The commissioners who made the survey in the different counties took somewhat different lines in making their returns, particularly in those details which are of special interest in the present inquiry.

  • I had never met with these animals, but, from the description given of them, I had but little pleasure in making their acquaintance.

  • On reaching our rendezvous, we found our comrades, all of whom had succeeded in making their capture.

  • They had some difficulty in making their way, for the night was dark, and the cavalry had picketed their horses without order or regularity.

  • The Americans, although taken by surprise, fought bravely and succeeded in making their retreat, leaving four hundred killed and wounded behind them.

  • A body of Hessian light horse succeeded in making their escape.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "making their" 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:
    been trying; doing justice; guarded against; haunted houses; making believe; making body; making bread; making fire; making gold; making good; making great; making himself; making love; making mention; making money; making power; making ready; making them; making treaties; never having; observed facts; poem called; stone knife; true science; vnto their; whom alone