How to Use make the best of in a Sentence

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• Brown, who had wanted to be a teacher, tried to make the best of it.
  — Erin Hooley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• The struggle is real, but there are things that can be done to make the best of it.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• To make the best of your time, do one hand at a time and ensure each nail is covered.
  — Sydney Wingfield, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2022
• Ruby figured out how to make the best of her time as a daughter-in-law.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• The system didn’t want their labor, and to make the best of it, many took the time to read giant works.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
• The couple planned to make the best of the evening's beautiful weather.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2022
• So, next time winter gives you a fresh layer of snow, why not make the best of it and try this simple trick?
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
• But one of the above strategies will likely be how to make the best of your first heli-skiing trip.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Others tried to make the best of the situation.
  — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Still, the show went on, with the thousands of attendees on site doing their best to make the best of it.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Many work hard to make the best of bad policies or to make the best of reasonable policies that have gone wrong.
  — Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• But the Saints and Winston are determined to make the best of it.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 2 Apr. 2022
• Paulson said his team is trying to make the best of the situation.
  — John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
• We are displaced and trying to make the best of the situation.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
• The backup has to make the best of the little remaining leftovers.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
• Super-agers make the best of a stressful situation and move on.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 11 July 2024
• Plunkett is trying to make the best of a bad situation.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• Services grow up around the camps, where many people are forced to make the best of a bad situation.
  — Scott Neuman, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
• Nonetheless, everyone moved ahead, trying to make the best of it.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
• On the interest side, banks pull levers and push buttons to make the best of any rate environment.
  — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
• Some kids tried to make the best of it, decorating their sandcastles with the brown algae.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
• This leaves Ukraine and Europe to make the best of a bad situation.
  — Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
• Ever since, the Heisman contender seemed a bit off, trying to make the best of a big play-heavy game plan.
  — Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Leave it to a film production company to make the best of a bad situation.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
• Either curse God and die or try to make the best of a really bad situation.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• But Onassis was the kind of guy who could really make the best of most any situation.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• Until then, those stranded by the lockdowns have been trying to make the best of their situations.
  — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
• Hence, the actor decided to make the best of his own physical ailment while filming.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
• For now, Thompson and her husband are trying to make the best of the situation.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
• For now, bringing Middleton off the bench will be how the Bucks handle things and try to make the best of it.
  — Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025