Sentence examples for makeshift existence from inspiring English sources

Sarabeth, who was absorbed into Liz's family when her mother committed suicide, lives a makeshift existence in Berkeley.

Wodehouse and Ethel had little money when they married, but the letters record them being all the happier for their makeshift existence together.

"The existence of makeshift mosques is a shame for the country as well as for the Muslim community and a danger to national security," Nikos Filis, the minister of education, research and religious affairs, said in August.

Can existence not exist?

Countless makeshift shelters crowd the railroad tracks, full of families trying to eke out an existence while they wait for the flood waters to recede, and for the chance to rebuild their lives.

The lineup remains makeshift.

Thousands live in makeshift tents.

They fished with makeshift rods.

Assistants sat at makeshift desks.

The makeshift toilets are scarce.

A makeshift United".