ad-lib
Example Sentences
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I was watching somebody inhabit a character at the highest level; every ad lib, every way, she did it a little differently.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Sure enough, after three months, the mice who ate ad lib were stricken with obesity, diabetes, liver disease, and a host of other ugly conditions.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022
We shoot six episodes a day and they just fly along because it’s all ad lib.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021
But then he remembered he was meant to keep going for at least 35 minutes, so he began to ad lib.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2019
There is a silence in the room and then a babble of ad lib conversation. 9TH JUROR: Please.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
Vocabulary lists containing ad-lib
Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Theater - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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