Sentence examples for makeshift with from inspiring English sources

The dining room is makeshift, with a wall of bamboo poles trimmed with thatch and T-shirts silk-screened with photos of banh mi and pho pinned to a clothesline.

Today it sits in the foyer of the US Geological Survey building, looking dated and rather makeshift with its assortment of aviation dials and liberal use of tin foil.

Camillo's Cafe 301 North Harrison Street Princeton (609) 252-0608 www.camilloscafe.com GOOD ATMOSPHERE Festive and makeshift, with twinkling star-shaped lights in the picture windows and mismatched furniture in a small dining room.

The midfield was makeshift with Robbie Rogers unavailable, but Robbie Keane, Marcelo Sarvas and Todd Dunivant all getting distribution to Donovan showed the many ways the Galaxy can come at teams.

The construction at one station of glass screens to prevent passengers falling on the tracks can only be described as makeshift, with bits of wood screwed to the platform floor to hold the metal posts in place.

There are more people than ever, and the conditions are as awful as ever – children living in shacks, in tents very makeshift, with just one meal a day, often not enough to eat, with no support system except for the volunteers, left to their own devices," Dubs says.

Moreover, as Al Qaeda followers have fled Afghanistan, the old bin Laden hierarchy has been succeeded by tactical operatives with makeshift alliances with militant groups in countries like Pakistan, Egypt and Algeria.

Now, in Paul's bedroom, Cavafy set up a bindery, with makeshift tables covered with stacks of folders, each stack a poem in all its versions over time.

Classrooms that once were filled with desks and chairs have now become makeshift homes, with some rooms accommodating up to 24 people.

Dressing as civilians, they battle Western forces with a familiar script: using small ambushes and makeshift bombs with minimal risk and conducting the occasional rocket or mortar attack.

At one point Abramovic perches on a makeshift bed, with coffins lined up at the side, while Hegarty sings with his back to the audience.