Sentence examples for a makeshift state from inspiring English sources

Club woes aside, the Scottish national team – albeit in a makeshift state – were humbled 3-0 by Sweden two and a half weeks ago.

HIS arm wrapped in a makeshift sling symbolised the bruised state of Maldivian democracy.

When a few visitors recently camped out in the school library, which serves as a makeshift hostel for journalists and state officials, a swarm of smiling and inquisitive elementary school kids peppered them for information: name, age, place of origin.

At the entrance to one of the buildings at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) on the North Shore of hurricane-devastated Long Island in New York state, there's a makeshift sign: "Sandy versus Science … Science Wins".

By May 6, the jails were so full that Connor transformed the stockade at the state fairgrounds into a makeshift jail to hold protesters.

Along its banks in a makeshift factory, three migrants from neighboring Bihar State were grinding old rubber flip-flops into rubber particles for reuse.

Then they were called one-by-one in front of a makeshift court made up of an Islamic judge, a state prosecutor and a representative of the Ministry of Intelligence.

After Marcos Rojo suffered a dislocated shoulder in the same match, Carrick stated that he would be happy to play as a makeshift centre back.

(AP) — Nine sex offenders have been ordered out of a makeshift camp behind an office park and on Tuesday sought housing that conformed to state law.

Featured image: Migrants use a makeshift raft to cross the Suchiate river, a natural border between Mexico and Guatemala, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico.

She lived in a makeshift shack that she constructed in what used to be her former place of employment — a state-owned parking lot.