How to Use make up for (something) in a Sentence

make up for (something)

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• But that still doesn’t make up for the loss and the loneliness of it.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
• But that still doesn't make up for the loss and the loneliness of it.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 29 May 2025
• To make up for those hits, the agency thinks that a hike is in order.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
• But the late push wasn’t enough to make up for an inept start by both sides of the ball.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
• Whiskies and lagers, and lemonade to make up for the bottle that was lost.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
• Some say they were offered more scooters to make up for what seemed to be worse terms.
  — Amy Martyn, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• Some say that God gives you friends to make up for your family.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
• Will rents be reduced enough to make up for higher parking costs?
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• To make up for the extra cost, case management was pared down.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• The tight end helped make up for many of the issues in the receiving corps.
  — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• But that doesn’t make up for the huge drops from other suppliers.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• DeRozan scored 37 points to make up for the absence of his co-star.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• But a good actor in the Falstaff role can make up for the script’s deficits.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Hand in an attempt to make up for the losses of Ford and Fox.
  — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2025
• How much can belief make up for the lack of a starting rotation?
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• And a yard full of jack-o'-lanterns can make up for not having one giant talking one (maybe).
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
• So, as a result, your system has to work even harder to make up for the heat that's been lost.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
• The town still has a chance to make up for the loss of business in January.
  — Catherine Bosley, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• The Anteaters tried to make up for their poor shooting on the defensive end.
  — Dan Arritt, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
• But these other sources may not be enough to make up for the coming declines, experts say.
  — Jon Marcus, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
• Yes, the Yankees still had five more times at bat to make up for their disastrous fifth.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
• To make up for ditching her all those years ago, Joe recreates their high school prom and tries to woo her.
  — Caroline Blair, People.com, 12 May 2025
• But cutting red tape and green-lighting permits can’t make up for plunging prices in the short term.
  — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
• But airlines kept the bag fees in place and even raised them in an effort to make up for the lost revenue from change fees.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• The best supplements on the market won’t make up for a diet of junk food and sodas.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• Now the school is searching for games for week zero, week two and week five to make up for the two games lost on the schedule.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Bueckers would take a defensive risk that would backfire, then go out and make a bunch of shots to make up for it.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 5 May 2025
• Netflix’s dubbing isn’t the best in this instance, but the nine episodes are compelling enough to make up for it.
  — Wired, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
• Stearns is confident that the farm system is in a good enough place to be able to make up for any talent dealt in trades.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
• In most of those years, the region was unable to make up for the slow start, Anderson said.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025