"Make proud" can be used in written English.
It can be used to express that something has made the speaker or someone else feel proud. For example: "My son's success in the spelling bee made me proud".
I particularly loved the conclusion of "Rock and Hawk," when Jeffers describes the: Mysticism of stone, Which failure cannot cast down Nor success make proud.
The book is about a typical boy's life with crushes that he wants to be his girlfriend, parents he wants to make proud and he is always playing games.
"To be honest it's a tough group we have to take our chance, to do our best on the pitch and make proud our country, make the people of Benin proud". Mounie will be looking to bounce back from the disappointment of being relegated from the English Premier League with his club Huddersfield Town.
Those are the folks that I'm trying to make proud.
Who has really held you down who do you want to make proud at the end of the day.
I had the most important person in my world, my daughter, to make proud each day and to remind me what I was working towards.
