In that era, one could make one's hand by hoarding grain and selling it during the famine.

The pilot warned that if we hugged the sandbanks, we would make foul water and risk slowing the ship as the keel stirred up the mud.

When only a handful of singers showed up, the organizers asked last-minute volunteers to make up the numbers.

Her accidental wedding toast was so personal it could make the angels blush.

I always carry a small make-up remover in my bag for quick touch-ups.

To make one's own another person's invention by altering a few details is intellectual theft.

The politician tried to make capital out of the scandal to win votes.

Every new crew member must make one's number at the captain's desk upon coming aboard.

Right, make the road shorter now, or we'll miss the ferry.

The new manager tends to make heavy weather of routine tasks, slowing the whole team's progress.