Words similar to making

Example sentences for: making

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

I have enclosed a pledge card and envelope to assist you in making your gift.
Reporters tried to provoke Bush into making news or embarrassing his hosts, while ignoring the social policy issues on his agenda.
Further, it requires that agencies modernize inefficient administrative and missionrelated work processes before making significant technology investments to support them.
Its lesbian/bisexual (we're never told which) female subject allows Shoes to tap wider contexts of discrimination: A male protagonist wouldn't have had her access to the history of discrimination in the work place; and an infusion of color (read: race) might have narrowed the canvas, making the problem seem less pervasive than it is.
And if the money is tied to state tests, then the whole incentive structure--and the idea of making valid comparisons among states--collapses.