impromptu court
Example Sentences
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But Para’s overheated schedule - midnight phone calls, impromptu court appearances, personally transporting veterans from lockup to designated facilities - created an illusion of how far you can stretch a buck.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2016
The room became an impromptu court of law.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
Nor did her impromptu court end with that.
From Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas by Various
Miss Aubrey, throned in a basket-chair, with girls quarrelling for the privilege of sitting near her, held a kind of impromptu court.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
This impromptu court was trying him there in the open beside the cabin, and he knew that its verdict would be a speedy one.
From The Plunderer by Douglas Duer
