on-the-spot
- behind the eight ball adj.
- defenseless adj.
- exposed adj.
- extemporaneous adj.
- extemporaneous/extemporary adj.
- instant adj.
- off-the-cuff adj.
- on call adj.
- pregnable adj.
- present adj.
- risky adj.
- snappy adj.
- split second adj.
- spur-of-the-moment adj.
- vincible adj.
- vulnerable adj.
- here adv.
- immediately adv.
- out on a limb adv.
- summarily adv.
- jeopardy n.
Example Sentences
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Others only were able to keep running because the company paid prices for on-the-spot gas that had surged to several times the typical price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
So, in terms of stress, watching baby animals animals playing is the opposite of a surprise job interview or an on-the-spot subtraction task.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
The district — where nearly all students come from low-income families — also brings in corps of tutors who walk the class and offer on-the-spot help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
They could search for injured and trapped people in an earthquake or a collapsed building, for example, and apply on-the-spot care, such as administering CPR.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
