Sentence examples for making up for being from inspiring English sources

Turkey's expansion into European regions that once were part of its empire is one way of making up for being excluded from the EU, some analysts say.

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

That makes up for being small.

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

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

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

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

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.

Asked if it made up for being on the periphery of the relief effort after the attacks, she said: "I'd be lying if I said no.

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

And nowhere has the shift been more dramatic than at MoMA, the country's most powerful arbiter of 20th- and 21st-century art, which has made up for being late to the table by digging in enthusiastically.