Sentence examples for make up for being from inspiring English sources

His hot-tempered father wept a lot, maybe to make up for being incompetent.

Students and alumni had a lot of time to make up for, being followers of the little school that couldn't.

Make up for being light on research or knowledge about Africa by being heavy with good intentions.

There has been speculation that Lineker could make up for being paid less by the BBC by taking on the BT Sport role.

The national group, trying to make up for being outgunned in Virginia in the presidential race, has opened more field offices, has gathered more voter data and says it is talking to voters it never reached before.

And faced with events that evoked, at least momentarily, images of nuclear war -- a resonance given eerie echo in the designation of the World Trade Center site as "ground zero" -- even people spared immediate losses may feel they must somehow make up for being alive when so many died.

What the Knicks cannot make up for is their lack of know-how when it comes to pulling off victories.

That makes up for being small.

"Nothing makes up for being in the opera house itself," he said, "but it's the next best thing".

The simian couple made up for being late by dancing and chatting until 4 a.m., staying close to their table under the D.J. booth.

Perhaps Grant was making up for being outbid for a second time, for a walk on part in a Working Title movie.