improvise

“But when the time comes to improvise, I find it difficult. That still doesn’t come naturally to me in English.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Watch the export miracle turn into a pumpkin or improvise.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

This season is less about surviving on a student budget and more about helping home cooks waste less, improvise more and look at what’s already in the fridge or pantry with confidence.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

It operates within a basic framework, but unlike more rigid European dances, it leaves room to improvise, innovate and take risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Singers in training spent a lot of time learning to improvise with these syllables.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But when Cole solos and improvises, it’s more often in single notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

It’s also a subtler homage than running a tornado through Kansas in black-and-white: Not until Wayne improvises a story for Scotty around “Dorothy” and rainbows does the connection become blazingly apparent.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

A diabetic, she improvises a cooler for her insulin after each flood cuts power.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

‘Jane Austen Unscripted’ at the Garry Marshall Theatre Attention, “Bridgerton” fans: Impro Theatre improvises full-length Regency-era rom-coms in an outdoor setting in the company’s long-running hit show.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023

Laura Keene improvises a line that refers to Lincoln, making the audience turn toward the side of the theater in order to witness his appearance.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

A new study led by researchers at the University of Bologna suggests that the markings were far more organized than simple scratches or improvised decorations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Unlike in 1986, when many of the artifacts, especially the elephant tusks, decomposed after being exposed to the open air, Ran improvised a new system for the dig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

One, who said he was aged 17, pointed out an improvised structure of bars and pallets where he and his friends had been sleeping.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

He improvised repairs using PVC pipes and kayak paddles to get his boat back on course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The people at the inn improvised a drinking straw out of a reed, so he could drink.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

The crew found "a harmony" like "dancing together", taking no special direction and improvising a lot.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Greek yogurt is one of the few ingredients that has matched my energy in the kitchen: constantly improvising, making it work with what I got, and never letting things go to waste.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Elite teams managed by him maintain an ideal combination of intelligence within structure, and he has players capable of improvising solutions when patterns break down.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

By 2014, tourists were improvising with items like scrunchies, ribbons and earphones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

A small jazz combo with a bass, a piano, and a drum set providing the "rhythm" background for a trumpet improvising a solo.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones