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Example sentences for: makings

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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."
A line drawn in rainand clay and the roots of wild broom--behind it the makings of a city,beyond it rumours of a nation--by Dalkey and Kilternan and Balallythrough two ways of saying their names.
The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times lead with the heightening of security measures in the wake of last week's arrest of a man trying to enter the U.S. with the makings of several large bombs.
But it has all the makings of a perfect niche market.