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

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

Depp and 070 Shake are spotted passionately making out at Los Angeles International Airport after she arrived back in the U.S. after attending the Cannes Film Festival in France.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

He stood in his own door and had a hard time making out what he was looking at.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison