impromptu

Example Sentences

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A small batch can find its way into grain bowls, sandwiches, or just a bowl on the counter for impromptu snacking.

From Salon

I like “organ recitals”—impromptu get-togethers where old people rehash their illnesses.

From The Wall Street Journal

The King surprised some shoppers outside the event, wishing them a "Merry Christmas" and shaking hands in an impromptu walkabout in the rain.

From BBC

Across the street, some people began laying out bouquets of flowers, balloons and an Australian flag at the corner of a primary school, in an impromptu memorial for the dead.

From BBC

Elsewhere, middle-class men, many of whom had rarely set foot inside a kitchen, hold impromptu classes where they instruct volunteers on boiling and cooking salt.

From BBC