makeshift
Example Sentences
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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.
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
In Crans-Montana, the makeshift memorial for victims of the blaze caught fire itself on Sunday, due to candles left burning inside.
From Barron's
On the side of a highway on the outskirts of Havana, vendors sell bags of charcoal and makeshift braziers, some fashioned from old washing machine drums.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
