Sentence examples for a rough substitute from inspiring English sources
"The interim relief is intended to provide a rough substitute for the essential service that municipal water systems must furnish: delivery of safe drinking water at the point of use," Lawson wrote in the 37-page order.
But clearly the missile question is a rough substitute for mention of that word, and Beijing has expressed alarm about the precedent of holding a vote on any delicate political topic.
If you don't have snow in your area or you don't want to use snow you're afraid isn't fresh and clean, you can make your own rough substitute by blending ice.
The investment vehicles provided by traditional firms are rough substitutes for the services of hedge funds.
Perhaps, as with the elements of matter, investigation passes a threshold of common sense and enters a sub-atomic realm where laws are mocked, where persons have the life-span of beta particles and the transparency of neutrinos, and where a rough kind of averaging out must substitute for absolute truth.
It was a rough, rough thing.
A rough, glittering diamond.
This has been a rough, rough summer.
Aronian had a rough time.
