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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
make·shift
[
meyk
-shift
]
/
ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft
/
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Part of Speech:
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makeshift
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Example Sentences
Desks, tables and bathtubs all make excellent
makeshift
forts.
Some doctors arranged
makeshift
surgeries in private homes.
Time is ticking as the crew gathers wood to build
makeshift
walkways that will be used to cross over the mucky marsh.
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Desks, tables and bathtubs all make excellent
makeshift
forts.
Some doctors arranged
makeshift
surgeries in private homes.
Time is ticking as the crew gathers wood to build
makeshift
walkways that will be used to cross over the mucky marsh.
Hundreds of thousands are living in
makeshift
shelters.
Injured protesters were treated at a
makeshift
clinic in a mosque.
We set up our
makeshift
tent where we'll store all of our equipment.
The back of the truck had been outfitted with a
makeshift
bed.
And crude machines are replacing bare feet as macerators, while washing machines are being used as
makeshift
centrifuges.
There were trams, orderly queues,
makeshift
picture houses and smoking factory chimneys.
Hundreds of thousands of survivors are refugees, squatting in
makeshift
camps wherever you go.
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