How to Use improvise in a Sentence

improvise

verb
Definition of improvisenext
Synonyms for improvisenext
  • He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.
  • I wasn't expecting guests, so I had to improvise a meal with what I had in my refrigerator.
  • Davis improvised some solos when the moment was right, to the delight of the crowd.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But all that stuff is just listening and improvising and trying to create your own little lane to play in.
    — Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The event is all about the athlete's adaptability to improvise to the beat of the DJ's tracks.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Their wedding was a spontaneous and improvised affair — something only two actors would have had.
    — Thessaly La Force, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The model means four congregations will no longer have to meet in scattered, improvised quarters — at least not every Shabbat.
    — Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • The work is glorious in myriad ways: clever and practical, insightful and improvised.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But the narrative is an extended form of outlined and improvised imagination.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • As Fischer has previously mentioned, Odenkirk brought his guitar to their screen test and improvised a song about her character.
    — John Russell, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
  • These sections are full of fascinating details about the techniques agents use, from the highly sophisticated to the hastily improvised.
    — Jonna Mendez, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The outcome of every LARP remains in question, as the characters improvise all their lines....
    — Ericka Skirpan, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
  • Do not use homemade filters or improvised viewing devices: Ordinary sunglasses, smoked glass and similar items do not protect your eyes during an eclipse.
    — The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Despite the level of audience choice, there’s still a ton of heavy lifting done by the actors, who not only have to improvise their scenes, but are actually playing the game (yes, the dice rolls are real).
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
  • Memorized lines were occasionally flubbed, there were awkward pauses, and the actors often improvised to cover the gaffes, all of which created a spirit of camaraderie in the cast.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • With the power still out, the gang is forced to improvise.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • So much of that, Kieran improvised as well — the licking of the cheese.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Word soon got around about the comer who could improvise with the best.
    — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Those celebs are not given a script and must improvise their way through the episode.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • There’s just one catch – Bateman and Rudolph aren’t given the script and have to improvise their way through the case.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
  • That's the best because that's so rare to get to improvise in a dramatic way.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The League of Their Own team encouraged Berlant to improvise.
    — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Mebane had to improvise and find decor that would fit the prom’s theme: Hollywood.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 June 2022
  • He is built like Jackson and is able to scramble and improvise when the pass blocking breaks down.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There was no uniform for the women, but Walsh found a man’s jacket and improvised.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • A lot of the lines that Zach Woods improvised, the murder victim, that made it into the show, are some of the funniest lines of the whole season.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Moreover, streaming offers showrunners the chance to improvise with the length of their episodes.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 May 2022
  • The Chiefs were really lined up in the wrong formation, and Patrick Mahomes improvised on the spot.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The dialogue was improvised during rehearsals and used in the films.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The show’s production process leaves plenty of room for the actors to improvise.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2022

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