Sentence examples for a makeshift substitute from inspiring English sources

He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, where his father first took him to the court when he was 2. The racket was so heavy that Waselenchuk hit his first balls with a makeshift substitute: an empty plastic soda bottle.

Not so fast, my spendthrift friend... Don't use any makeshift substitutes for a sled, such as cardboard boxes, plastic sheets, and lunch trays.

She also took care of Mr. Baussan's young daughter, Laure, and became, in her own mind, "a makeshift mother, this clueless substitute".

An old shelf substituted as a makeshift chalkboard.

A makeshift United".

This is at best a makeshift solution.

Visual clues of a makeshift environment abound.

Instead, there was a makeshift memorial.

Two sons sleep in a makeshift bed.

The place felt like a makeshift morgue.

A makeshift aisle allowed her passage.