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Example sentences for: makings

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

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.
The companion story, a news analysis by Janet Hook, sees "the makings of a honeymoon" in D.C.
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.
Throw in a couple of well- intentioned, overbearing grandparents, tearful reminiscing about the poet- waiter's dead sister, and repeated shots of characters gazing soulfully out at the Pacific, and you've got the makings of a movie so overwrought it should only be shown on Lifetime.