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

He thinks people should have a separate pot of money for these spur-of-the-moment occasions.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023

“I didn’t know that I was gonna go to the party—it was a spur-of-the-moment thing,” I reply.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold