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

make up for (something)

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• DeRozan scored 37 points to make up for the absence of his co-star.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 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
• 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
• To make up for it, Kelce walked to the tee box of the next hole and returned to Hubbard with a beer.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 13 July 2024
• To make up for those hits, the agency thinks that a hike is in order.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
• 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 the boost to the pFET performance is enough to make up for that, the researchers suggest.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
• Is there any sense of wanting to make up for quote–unquote lost time?
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
• Some say that God gives you friends to make up for your family.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
• The division might get tougher this year, and the Brewers will again have to make up for the loss of a major piece.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
• Some say they were offered more scooters to make up for what seemed to be worse terms.
  — Amy Martyn, WIRED, 21 Dec. 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
• 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
• To make up for the extra cost, case management was pared down.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 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
• Of course, a year or two of above-average pay hikes won't make up for decades of stagnant wage growth in the U.S.
  — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
• So the Pacers had to fill in four four rotation players and the Pistons had to make up for the loss of five.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2023
• 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
• But that doesn’t make up for the huge drops from other suppliers.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• Netflix’s dubbing isn’t the best in this instance, but the nine episodes are compelling enough to make up for it.
  — Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024
• Yes, the Yankees still had five more times at bat to make up for their disastrous fifth.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
• 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
• In July of that year, the mega-dealer laid off 20 percent of its staff to make up for a shortfall in sales.
  — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 1 Aug. 2024
• And how much money will the developer pay to make up for it?
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• 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
• To make up for the lack of a shirt, Chalamet wore two white gold Cartier necklaces.
  — Nikita Eglis, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• How much can belief make up for the lack of a starting rotation?
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Bybit also received emergency loans to make up for the $1.4 billion lost in the hack.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Feb. 2025
• Defense has always been an area of weakness for him, but over the last couple of seasons, his offense has helped make up for it.
  — Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025