How to Use making in a Sentence

making

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  • The College Board has said that the course had been a decade in the making.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Think of this process as the candy making of the cheese world.
    — Asha Loupy, Bon Appétit, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The sausage-making of how insulin is priced is not for the faint of heart.
    — Danielle Ofri, STAT, 20 Jan. 2023
  • As of this morning, Nicole has passed and the SLS—18 years in the making—has flown.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The cause of the worker shortfall has been years in the making, Popp said.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • It's been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs.
    — Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022
  • This is the story of a group of stars in the making, rap squad Coast Contra.
    — Armon Sadler, Billboard, 28 June 2022
  • The making of a quarterback is still a work in progress.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And not just the piper, but everyone involved in the making of a show.
    — Bob Verini, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The makings for the next big crazy movie double feature were there.
    — Lillian Rizzo, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Now, Tyler has shared more details about the recording of the song and making of the music video.
    — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Their big day was about a year in the making after Yaraghi popped the question in June 2021.
    — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
  • So this is a good test for us in terms of our on-the-ball decision making.
    — The Enquirer, 5 May 2023
  • To be a fly on the wall during the making of this album would have been something.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Well, [our keyboardist] Rob Collins died in a car crash during the making of that.
    — Annie Zaleski, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And this was a case that -- entirely of his own making.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • The making of movies was part of the art from its earliest days, as in this quartet of short films.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The announcement on Thursday had been months in the making.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2022
  • To reiterate, that time was a decade-plus in the making.
    — Max Bell, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Though, Campbell was sure to note that the babies weren't the only ones crying during the making of the film!
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The debut of the Space Launch System rocket has been years — and billions of dollars — in the making.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The former is a SweeTart of a look at the making of a TV comedy.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Try your hand at sushi or stick to classics like pasta and pie-making.
    — Andrea Crowley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The issue has been decades in the making at state and nationwide levels.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2022
  • Paul has been known to close games with his decision making.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
  • But this was a moment looking for a hero, and a 38-year-old Rodgers-to-rookie WR play was a classic in the making.
    — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But while this week will mark her first day on the job, her career in poetry has been more than 20 years in the making.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2022
  • That is what The Offer, a sprawling 10-episode drama about the making of The Godfather, is all about.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • This dish is incredibly creamy, with tender pasta and chicken making for a hearty dish that’s loaded with cheese.
    — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The ghosts of Mockingbird Lane invite you to the seventh annual Halloween Market filled with oddities, art and macabre makings.
    — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024

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