jury-rigged
Example Sentences
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I jury-rigged a heating element for our Kenmore refrigerator’s balky ice-maker water-feed tube.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
He’s jury-rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it makes a clattering sound loud enough for the neighbor’s Ring camera to pick up, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025
The entire film feels jury-rigged as if every action sequence — and there are too few of them — is designed by an algorithm rather than a human.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
These are not the jury-rigged e-bikes that deliver Chinese food in Manhattan.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023
This is something I've done a few times before, but never with a jury-rigged mess like this.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
