Example sentences for: makers

How can you use “makers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Although the modern slang hickey means a ` “suction” kiss that leaves a mark,' and not, thank God, as CDS has it, “raises a blister,” its original meaning was `skin blemish,' and cosmetic makers in the US in the 1930s regularly used the word in their advertising (often with the implied sense `pimple').

  • Many street names in the historic center of Rome recall how medieval artisans used to congregate in specialized quarters: Via dei Giubbonari `makers of coats,' Calderari `tinkers,' Pettinari `makers of combs,' Coronari `rosary makers,' Balestrari `crossbow makers,' and many others.

  • The people at the Seattle conference are opinion makers, many of them.

  • A federal judge ordered Microsoft to stop requiring computer makers to bundle its Internet browser with Windows.

  • Thus Selchow & Righter, makers of the game Parcheesi , could not prohibit other manufacturers from selling games under such names as Pachisi, Parchisi , or Parchesi , variant spellings of the common Hindi word for the old Indian pastime.


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