ad-lib

Example Sentences

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They sang every word, every ad lib, of every song - some with mascara running, others with hands clasped to their chests.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

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

There are conflicting stories about when the ad lib started.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2021

Dad had a good sense of theater, and he’d try to time this apparent ad lib so that it would coincide with the change in traffic.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey