makeshift
Example Sentences
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Walking in a straight line, their small arms resting on each other's shoulders, pupils smile as they head into the makeshift classrooms.
From BBC
Hundreds of thousands still live in makeshift tent camps.
A makeshift vigil, displaying flowers and candles, was laid in the snow there, as protesters chanted slogans and delivered speeches.
From BBC
On Sunday evening, mourners crouched around a makeshift memorial and wrote heartfelt messages to Porter and his family on a small board above his photo.
From Los Angeles Times
By Friday morning, a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and roses had sprung up outside of a ground-level apartment neighbors said was associated with the man who was killed.
From Los Angeles Times
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