How to Use in the making in a Sentence

in the making

phrase

• The law was a decade in the making.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
• The idea was years in the making.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
• One that was six years in the making.
  — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
• The case has been years in the making.
  — Jessica Popowcer, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• Both deals were decades in the making.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
• Has this been years in the making?
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2026
• First, the flight was eight years in the making.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• Princess says the show was two years in the making.
  — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
• This has been years, if not decades, in the making.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
• In truth, though, this end was months, years even, in the making.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• The show has been 25 years in the making.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
• This was a dust storm 15 years in the making.
  — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• The dispute has been a long time in the making.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
• There may be a historic shift in the making as well.
  — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
• And that vision has been years in the making.
  — Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
• Virkler said the bakery has been two years in the making.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
• For Hyett, the process has been a long time in the making.
  — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
• This moment has been years in the making.
  — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Gibbs’ hour has been a labor of love three years in the making.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
• The issues are decades in the making.
  — Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
• The release of the bike-truck has been a few years in the making.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
• And any girl there seemed to me, as a Katharine in the making.
  — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
• How could a powder keg, years in the making, hide in plain sight?
  — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025
• The aromas, which were two years in the making, were worth the wait.
  — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
• Maduro’s capture was months in the making.
  — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Jan. 2026
• No bees were harmed in the making of this episode — but some humans were.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
• In fact, her breakthrough wasn’t mere months in the making, but years.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
• Learn what's so special about the project that's been years in the making.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
• The night sky will tell a story billions of years in the making.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
• His winning shot of this brown hyena was a decade in the making.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026