Sentence examples for a bit makeshift from inspiring English sources

"It was all a bit makeshift and tatty before," says Abhayavajra, whose name translates as "fearless in the pursuit of ultimate reality".

The place feels new, a bit makeshift and a little uncomfortable; a massive and beautiful butcher's table is jammed into the corner between a living room sofa and chair in the waiting area.

"He's played in difficult circumstances, with the defence a bit makeshift at times and it's difficult for a young player to come into that.

Quite a bit of action takes place on this makeshift rectangular walkway, making possible some poignantly intimate moments.

"We had so many serious things," she explained later, a bit frazzled after only two hours' sleep on a makeshift cot.

The basement apartment, makeshift desk and tuna casserole were a bit much, but she made as persuasive a case as possible that certain experiences falling in love, childrearing, illness, the work inherent in a long marriage transcend wealth and class.

"To be honest, it takes quite a bit of experience to know how to build these makeshift devices, but I think we've got them started.

It was a coincidental fittingness that as all eyes were upon him, he sat alone on the railing, a bit above everyone else - as if on some makeshift stage for an actor on some far away sea.

It was pretty messy and we were a bit like a dysfunctional family - we even had a makeshift Christmas dinner.

They said the Israelis had restored water on Saturday just long enough to clean the place up a bit, and flush the toilets, before a tank rumbled over a makeshift supply pipe and left the compound dry again.

There was a bit of room outside The Twelve Pins, where they'd fashioned a kind of loose, makeshift cage out of upturned benches.