makeshift
Example Sentences
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Verified footage from various parts of the country showed Iranians searching for the bodies of loved ones in makeshift or overcrowded morgues.
Entire residential neighbourhoods, hospitals, schools and basic infrastructure have been heavily damaged or destroyed, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in makeshift shelters.
From Barron's
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans remain homeless and are living in makeshift tents.
From BBC
“Here is a copy of the letter from Mr. Maroney,” Aunt Kitty explained, setting it on the desk before Mr. Pinkerton in his makeshift office.
From Literature
Many found a city with barely functioning services, their homes destroyed and neighbourhoods pockmarked by makeshift cemeteries authorities are now exhuming.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
