How to Use making in a Sentence

making

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 former is a SweeTart of a look at the making of a TV comedy.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Paul has been known to close games with his decision making.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The results of the study will help to provide a direction for decision making by the board.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Streaming isn’t the only tech sector making cuts, of course.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the Lakers forward doesn’t even need to be present for his history-making.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But truthfully, the stars aligned during the making of Solo.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The celebrity couple came to know Presley during the making of Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic of her late father.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Spice things up in someone’s life with this hot sauce making kit from Uncommon Goods.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Xavier needs his defense, instincts and timely shot-making in order to be at its best.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2023
  • All humans have blind spots; none of us is immune to poor decision making.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2022
  • My AirPods died halfway through my five-mile run, and I was subjected to my own thoughts, trapped in a torture prison of my own making.
    — Jenny Arimoto, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • That does not mean the product could not be improved, though what is striking is how many of its greatest shortcomings are of the sport’s own making.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • An extension of this new year goal making has in recent years come to include vision boards.
    — Essence, 9 Jan. 2024
  • And systems should be, of course, improved; and in this case one takeaway was that such decision-making as occurred should be shared.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Explain the behind-the-scenes decision-making on whether to repatriate and the evidence used.
    — Ash Ngu, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The reason for the regulatory line in the first place was that the FDA did not want to meddle with doctors’ decision making.
    — Casey Ross, STAT, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Morgan Stanley said third-quarter profit fell 9% from a year ago, hit by a sharp decline in deal making.
    — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Marshall and her husband are moving to Colorado at the end of the month, bringing the curtain down on nearly three decades of theater making in the Sunshine State.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This style at Amazon comes in khaki — still neutral but more statement-making than black — as well as teal, turmeric, bright blue, pink, and white.
    — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Shapen struggled with his decision-making and lacked the ability to extend drives with his legs.
    — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • These in-your-face, wall-engulfing portraits are a milestone in image-making.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In the midst of this turmoil, the secrets of silk making were smuggled out of the state, terminating the Chinese monopoly over the material.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023

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