The million-dollar question was, would her makeshift barrier hold?

Later, at the event itself, only a makeshift barrier separated the student protesters from the party-goers in the central gallery of the museum.

But the makeshift barriers have been unable to prevent the water from flooding dozens of homes.

The men of the Commots leaped to their makeshift barrier of rocks and branches.

Where huge plate-glass windows once stood, now there were makeshift barriers of plywood.

The turret gun chattered, disintegrating a makeshift barrier of rubble.

The other was slumped over a makeshift barrier, badly wounded.

"Then you'll all have to fly or walk out through the mountains," a muscular dark-haired man standing behind the makeshift barrier yelled out.

He broke away from the men and headed toward the area encircled by a makeshift barrier of yellow tape.

Kenny had apparently given up trying to climb the makeshift barrier and sat contentedly playing with one of his loose shoelaces.