make contact with
idiom
: to touch (something)
The train's wheels should make contact with the track continuously.
Examples of make contact with in a Sentence
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And then there were moments where Lily asked me to, with the rubber ax, make contact with her body.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
As LeBron James drove toward the basket with a second left in regulation, Jayson Tatum appeared to make contact with James’s arm, but no foul was called.
—Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
And the supernatural is just a way to deal with it, and estrange myself from it in a way that allows me as the writer to make contact with some of these ideas.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
In terms of the city’s community policing effort, the mayor said a couple of times a week officers make contact with residents or business owners for face-to-face interaction.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
The residence at 813 W. 15th St. had been struck by three bullets, and although police attempted to make contact with a homeowner, no one answered the door, according to the report.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2022
Officers attempted to make contact with him over the next several hours, police said.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
Police say the officer’s vehicle did not make contact with the Honda Civic and was not involved in the crash.
—Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
In the past, bobsledders used blow torches to heat their runners, the blades that make contact with the ice, reducing friction to make their sleds faster.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
As LeBron James drove toward the basket with a second left in regulation, Jayson Tatum appeared to make contact with James’s arm, but no foul was called.
—Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
And the supernatural is just a way to deal with it, and estrange myself from it in a way that allows me as the writer to make contact with some of these ideas.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
In terms of the city’s community policing effort, the mayor said a couple of times a week officers make contact with residents or business owners for face-to-face interaction.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
The residence at 813 W. 15th St. had been struck by three bullets, and although police attempted to make contact with a homeowner, no one answered the door, according to the report.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2022
Officers attempted to make contact with him over the next several hours, police said.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
Police say the officer’s vehicle did not make contact with the Honda Civic and was not involved in the crash.
—Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
In the past, bobsledders used blow torches to heat their runners, the blades that make contact with the ice, reducing friction to make their sleds faster.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
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“Make contact with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20contact%20with. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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