makeshift

Example Sentences

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And a couple took their time weaving through the makeshift garden.

From Los Angeles Times

I laid the cobs out on our makeshift grill while Togbe cut the pawpaws with the cutlass and scooped out black seeds.

From Literature

He shows us his makeshift lab, down a muddy track.

From BBC

Under the combined sleeping bags, there was a space for the three of them to huddle, crouched together beneath their makeshift roof.

From Literature

Candles and bouquets of flowers have been left by the boarded-up bar's wooden entrance steps, and at a makeshift memorial nearby.

From Barron's