IMPROVISE in a Sentence
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24 example sentences for IMPROVISE, such as:
1. The professor improvised a poem in the class.
2. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.
3. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
4. I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
5. It was an improvisation of this sort that had slain Jean Prouvaire.
2. The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.
3. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
4. I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
5. It was an improvisation of this sort that had slain Jean Prouvaire.
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Meanings and Examples of IMPROVISE
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improvise
v. perform without preparation
v. manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 Lieutenants are crowned kings; superintendents improvise manufacturers out of themselves.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
2 He made haste to improvise an expedient to make her forget the oath.
3 There is necessarily required a certain modicum of antiquity in a race, and the wrinkle of the centuries cannot be improvised.
4 Blocks which were improvised like the rest and procured no one knows where.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE
5 D'Artagnan explained the sword wound of his companion by a sortie which he improvised.
6 At the noise Felton made in entering, Milady leaped lightly to the ground, and tried to conceal behind her the improvised cord she held in her hand.
7 In a few minutes the train drew up beside an improvised wooden platform.
8 They waded waist-deep in the grass, in a compact body, bearing an improvised stretcher in their midst.
9 As in olden time, the words of these hymns were improvised by some leading minstrel of the religious band.
10 As we then had no room large enough to accommodate all who would be present, the place of meeting was under a large improvised arbour, built partly of brush and partly of rough boards.
11 The count wished to go home, but Helene entreated him not to spoil her improvised ball, and the Rostovs stayed on.
12 Their talk was nothing but improvisations on the theme: "I never did like this Haydock."
13 Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
14 Here insurrection assumes the character of a plot; there of an improvisation.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
15 It was an improvisation of this sort that had slain Jean Prouvaire.
Example Sentence:
1 As you begin to compose, improvise on that melody and see where it naturally wants to take you.
2 If they let Lee improvise even one response, it could be devastating.
3 The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.
4 I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
5 Marius and his fellow students hurriedly improvised a rough barricade to block police access to the students' quarter.
6 The villagers fortified the town hall, hoping this improvised bastion could protect them from the guerillas' raids.
7 The professor improvised a poem in the class.
8 Mr. Williams was known as an adept improviser who effortlessly switched between classical, jazz and pop styles.