ad-lib
Example Sentences
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It was almost like a comedy ad lib session.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
"I've realised that usually I like to ad lib but you can't ad lib a script because your fellow actor doesn't know when you're going to stop talking."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023
Williams says working on the show was fun because of the cast chemistry, and the license to ad lib at times to make scenes funnier felt “very fulfilling.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023
Sure enough, after three months, the mice who ate ad lib were stricken with obesity, diabetes, liver disease, and a host of other ugly conditions.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022
There is a silence in the room and then a babble of ad lib conversation. 9TH JUROR: Please.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
Vocabulary lists containing ad-lib
Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Theater - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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