makeshift

Example Sentences

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Classes resumed in makeshift settings with children of all ages learning together.

From BBC

Locals now rely on a makeshift raft made from plastic barrels and plywood to cross the river.

From Barron's

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

Residents dug through piles of debris, planks and corrugated metal to repair their makeshift homes.

From Barron's

Mom watches me as I inch further into her makeshift home.

From Literature