makeshift

Example Sentences

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A makeshift window on the back wall opens onto what looks like a portal to outer space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Unless an airfield was available, a makeshift one would need to be set up to bring equipment in and take the nuclear material out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For transgender students at a makeshift tea stall in New Delhi -- many of whom have not even come out to their families -- the implications feel overwhelming.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Spurs' makeshift defence - missing starting centre-backs Clare Hunt and Toko Koga at the Asian Cup - were clearly second best to her.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

On the side of the station was a makeshift open stand braced by four posts.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez