cobble
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Most parents lose sleep over the amount of piecemeal work required to cobble together a summer schedule; very few relish the planning and spreadsheets and carpool rota involved in keeping their kids safe and occupied.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
It’s going to cost you more than a few billion, but I’m sure you can find a few bored friends and cobble together an offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
BLS statisticians will have to cobble together the report after asking businesses and employees well after the fact about who was employed.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Instead, policymakers have had to rely on an array of private data and state administrative records—as well as regional bank surveys and research—to cobble together a picture of the U.S. economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
So bit by bit, while scrubbing and Windexing and buffing, I cobble together a philosophy of glorious nonattachment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Needing new material for their 1981 tour, the Stones cobbled together “Tattoo You” from leftovers and half-finished songs dating back to “Goats Head Soup.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The film is also a deceptively heartwarming ode to self-expression, and the kind of life that can be cobbled together with an unyielding commitment to individuality.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
Over a decadeslong buying spree, he cobbled together an empire that spanned 250 properties and 206 million square feet—giving Simon control of more retail space than anyone in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
“These are not systems that can be replaced by a small collection of niche features cobbled together and bolted on in the name of AI,” he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
If she isn’t home, I walk down to the end of the historic cobbled street and find her standing on the sea wall in her raincoat and no shoes, glaring at the ocean.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Belgium's complex political system means that De Wever is well versed in the art of painstaking negotiations and cobbling together compromise deals.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
But Comstock has so far been the most aggressive in cobbling together its empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
It was essentially cobbling together a Frankenstein résumé from leftover pieces of information harvested from my search history, and passing it off as my own work experience.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
Time is tight and the bar is high – cobbling together 80 people willing to back you in a handful of days isn't easy.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
So he did his first experiment at the University of Utah by cobbling together about $30 in parts.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
