makeshift

“From sunup, to sundown, these children, whether they’re in a high chair or old enough to sit at a desk, sat in what can only be described as makeshift classrooms,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Olesya Mygal bends over her 4-year-old daughter, Sofiyka, who is sleeping on a makeshift bed in the family’s bathroom, squeezed between the sink, toilet and washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

As sellers waded through floodwaters to sell produce like fish and vegetables from floating platforms and foam boxes, buyers walked or paddled between the makeshift stalls to buy their groceries.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Lynn looked toward the ground and was eyeing Highland or Los Feliz for a makeshift landing spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Koffi grabbed one of the makeshift leaf-plates and sectioned off part of the fruit pile for herself.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

To ease the crisis, Buffalo fumbled with numerous catch-as-catch-can makeshifts.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a country lad, used from infancy to the rugged life of the farm, with its self-denial and makeshifts.

From Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott by Louisa May Alcott