Example Sentences

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Afghan refugee and photographer Abdul Saboor poses for Reuters as he takes pictures in a makeshifts migrant camp in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, France, December 4, 2021.

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2021

Awkward staging makeshifts had to be employed instead, resulting in hundreds of audience members leaving the theatre every night scratching their heads.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2013

These two are not makeshifts but attacking bowlers for turning tracks.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2011

Their own makeshifts provide the only bathing and refrigerating facilities.

From Time Magazine Archive

How mean all their little makeshifts are! how cringing they get to be!

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.