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
He held an impromptu court and heard both sides of the case.
From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil
Then she turned to them and led them to an impromptu court of justice behind the wheel-house.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by William Patten
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
