makeshift

Example Sentences

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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

Prior to that, a military captain, Meir Tobianski, was executed for treason following a makeshift court martial in June 1948, shortly after the Israeli state was established.

From BBC

The King will attend the film's launch on Wednesday - in the first premiere held at Windsor Castle, with the spectacular Waterloo Chamber turned into a makeshift cinema.

From BBC