ad-libbing

Example Sentences

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When the song ends, the band spend several minutes chaotically ad libbing to the crowd as Rosé struggles to tie an errant shoelace.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Plucking out historical anecdotes, ad libbing some connective tissue, then presenting the result as a constitutional principle “misses the forest for the trees.”

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024

A potentially rich vein for comedy — spies ad libbing as fake hotel employees — goes largely untapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2019

That sequence with Mike and Eric was one of the few instances of ad libbing; Python didn’t ad lib because John didn’t like it – he’s a fundamentalist when it comes to humour, ironically.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2019

Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones