How to Use make a go of in a Sentence

make a go of

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  • So is there a chance these two could make a go of it as a couple?
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Char's Live tried to keep that legacy alive and couldn't make a go of it.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Makar got on the ice for the morning skate, but couldn’t ultimately make a go of it.
    — Chris Johnston, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The coming months already pose enough challenges to make a go of it, Roof said.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Excited enough to make a go of staying up into the wee hours on a weeknight.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
  • This is the second time a bike rental company has tried to make a go of it in Encinitas.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • His plan for the future is to marry my daughter and make a go of being a carpenter.
    — R Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2024
  • That doesn't mean, however, that there's no room for entrepreneurs to make a go of new e-commerce ventures.
    — Harry Kabadaian, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Le Prince tried and failed to make a go of an interior design business.
    — Nat Segnit, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
  • East and West Pakistan tried to make a go of it with India in between, and look how that turned out.
    — Steven Lewis, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Hardman dropped out, attracted by the opportunity to make a go of it as a full time puppeteer.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Odds are, however, that many of them will make a go of it — at least if the new small business owner taps into available resources.
    — Next Avenue, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • Most of the women who have decided to make a go of selling on Poshmark understand that.
    — Alden Wicker, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Will Majid, 44, make a go of his nascent import business of terra cotta pots?
    — Carol Rosenberg Natalie Keyssar, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • Nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen are necessary for humans to make a go of it.
    — David W. Brown, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Terror also drove her into improv and then into trying to make a go of it as a New York actor.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The challenge to make a go of it in the new CW reality may be a monster too deadly to overcome.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Halston is also who inspired Brandon Maxwell, as a boy growing up in small-town Texas, to make a go of it in fashion.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Anyone - regardless of socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity or creed can start a business and make a go of it.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Families that had been by themselves for months on end, trying to make a go of little farms in the woods, convened once or twice a year at tent-meeting religious revivals, or camp meetings.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • So would the eight remaining members then try to make a go of it by adding new schools, or will the Big 12 break up completely as the schools look to join other conferences?
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
  • Canadian elk began summering in Kittson and Roseau Counties, then decided to make a go of it full-time south of the border.
    — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 21 Oct. 2020
  • But waning financial support, due in part to a animal rights group targeting national sponsors, has shrunk the purse while inflation is stifling young mushers trying to make a go of it.
    — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Aguerd was scratched from Wednesday’s semifinal with France just before kickoff while Saiss tried to make a go of it but had to stop playing after 21 minutes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And finally, Brandy's Naomi (aka Xplicit Lyrics) tried to make a go of it on her one, but the sacrifices have greatly outweighed any success.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Dogstar have been trying to make a go of their sleek, post-grunge alt-rock for decades, but bassist Keanu Reeves’ and drummer Robert Mailhouse’s pesky day jobs as actors keep getting in the way.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Angelika Plano reopened briefly last fall, but couldn’t make a go of it, says Adam Conway, events and marketing manager for the two theaters.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • In 2017, the Red Sox tried to make a go of things without attempting the impossible task of replacing David Ortiz.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • So, to make a go of EVs in India, the manufacturer is counting on Alsym to deliver very inexpensive batteries.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022

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