improvise

Example Sentences

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Men carry buckets of water for the communal kitchens and improvised latrines while women stir massive pots over open flames.

From Barron's

She also cooked up the idea to improvise some Elvish, the fictional language of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels.

From Los Angeles Times

He eventually decided that playing seated gave him more alacrity on the keyboard and was easier to improvise.

From Washington Post

In Mathare, a low-income settlement in Nairobi, protesters used improvised catapults to launch stones at police in riot gear, footage on Kenyan television showed.

From Reuters

The novel tells the story of a Russian writer, Sergei Rozanov, who is challenged by a blind woman he meets in a hotel to show off his legendary talent for improvising stories.

From New York Times