Do you think lifeless words can make up for the years I'm losing?

"Perhaps that makes up for the years when the Suhlmor-rans attacked so often from the south."

If he wants to make up for the last five years, it'll take more than that.

Indeed, the "good" years never quite made up for the bad years.

But nothing could make up for the years of malnourishment in her youth.

We have to make up for the eighteen years of neglect.

We will soon make up for the years that were lost.

Now, both say, they are trying to make up for the lost years.

It was as if he were making up for the years lost.

Irene would never have the chance to make up for the years of neglect.