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"Makeshift" in a Sentence (15 examples)
Actually that I bring a huge volume of reference material with me is a makeshift way of preventing people from disputing my case.
We used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Sami set up a makeshift clinic in Cairo.
Sami lived in a makeshift shelter.
We slept in a makeshift hut made from old wooden boards.
There are many ways of doing makeshift repairs.
After the tornado, we went without power for a few days. We'd wash our clothes by hand in the tub, and hang them on a makeshift clothesline, using clothes pegs Tom found in the back of a cluttered kitchen drawer.
Algeria is a disappointment for all Algerians who run away from it by makeshift boat every day by tens of thousands.
The deer fell for the makeshift trap.
It's just makeshift; it's not meant to stay that way for ever.
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And I am not a model clergyman—only a decent makeshift.
Hoboism cannot be cured or prevented by makeshifts or by local measures and efforts, although community interest naturally is vital in dealing with a problem that comes home to every community.
They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.
Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?
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