in the making

phrase

: in the process of being made

The film was three years in the making.

She has a talent for spotting problems in the making.

We were watching history in the making.

Examples of in the making in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Emeline Atwood’s debut beautifully captures the unpredictability of a life in the making. — Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026

The development of the Clear Creek Trail, formerly called the Peaks to Plains Trail, has been many years in the making, and the project is nothing short of ambitious. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026

The concept that reactions driven by nonliving geochemistry could have eventually triggered living biochemistry has been decades in the making. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2026

Twenty years in the making, the novel, a century-spanning meditation on loss and empathy, is both deeply felt and deeply imagined. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for in the making

• merrymaking
• moneymaking
• overtaking
• papermaking
• undertaking
• aching
• baking
• braking
• breaking
• caking
• faking
• flaking