How to Use make do in a Sentence

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• In schools that stayed open during the June heat wave, children and teachers made do with low-tech solutions like mini handheld fans and water sprayer bottles to stay cool.
  — ABC News, 6 July 2026
• Meanwhile, cars poured into congested surrounding streets, trying to make do with closures caused by the evacuation.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 July 2026
• As part of Volvo’s low-cost design, the EX30 makes do with a buttonless interior.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
• But a developer would need to make do with no balconies, no pool and the architectural confines that come with a stone building that was designed for trials, not open-concept kitchens and heated bathroom floors.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
• Anyone who has ridden the London Eye, built in the British capital for the millennium celebrations, will wonder why the nation that won the space race has to make do with a Ferris wheel a third of its size.
  — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026