spur-of-the-moment
Example Sentences
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Everything in that seemingly spur-of-the-moment scene would have had to have been carefully arranged, which is why it comes off as clumsily showy rather than truly delightful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Liu, who lives in Manhattan, elaborated on why her library card, spur-of-the-moment theatergoing and riding her bicycle are essential to her well-being.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024
Some are irked by the standardization of competitive breaking: Dancers strive to defy gravity and capture the music’s spirit in spur-of-the-moment sculptures carved from their muscles, bones and imagination.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024
Video of Ramaswamy’s spur-of-the-moment performance has garnered millions of views on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
We’d also shared hilarious moments behind the scenes, trying on each other’s makeup, giggling about boys, and coming up with spur-of-the-moment games on long, boring afternoons.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
