Improvise

//ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz//

"Improvise" in a Sentence (15 examples)

To survive in a hostile environment, one must be able to improvise and be tenacious.

I'll just have to improvise.

Let's improvise.

Tom was forced to improvise.

My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.

You told me to improvise.

I suppose I'll just have to improvise.

He forgot a section of the speech and had to improvise for a while.

Peter likes to improvise on his guitar.

In order to be able to improvise properly, you must train your hands to play independently.

He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.

They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.

She improvised a lovely solo.

We have improvised the most charming party imaginable. The summer has come back by surprise. I own I wonder that June was not tired of us: still here is a day so sunny, that October does not know its own. The Duke of Wharton, Lord Hervey, and some two or three others, have designed a water-party in our honour.

As this terrible emotion took charge of him, he found himself improvising a whole series of lovers for her, imagining them to be waiting around every corner.

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