roughly made

Example Sentences

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There are signs of permanency everywhere in the camps: Shacks selling basic supplies; piles of roughly made red bricks waiting to be to be used to build more sturdy structures.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2014

But his cousin had buried her; near the guava tree there was a slight elevation of earth and a cross roughly made from two branches.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There was a cooking fire, the flames represented by shards of red glass; a small, roughly made bench; and assorted tools, gourds, and shells.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

By his side was a roughly made utensil, evidently containing liquid, for he drank from it continually; while extended on the ground just before him were the carcases of several recently slaughtered animals.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

He stretched out his hand toward the roughly made brazier of sheet iron, and so thin were they that they looked more like claws than the fingers of a human being.

From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James