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Example sentences for: makings

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But it has all the makings of a perfect niche market.
The companion story, a news analysis by Janet Hook, sees "the makings of a honeymoon" in D.C.
In short, the newly launched Barak era has the makings of the democratic version of a benevolent dictatorship."
Under the headline "Clinton in Need," printed in small Gothic script, the German paper said in an editorial that the scandal had the makings of an American nightmare that could do as much damage as Watergate.
As for Dorothy, Mr. Irvine called her “a very beautiful little girl and, at the risk of turning her head, she has the makings of a very good actress.”