extemporized

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At the finale's close, after Alex has haltingly extemporized about whether she deserves all the terrible things that have happened to her and mulls the possibility of life after death, she shrugs.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021

They extemporized about immigration, opioid addiction, prison reform, domestic violence, universal health care, mental illness and gun violence.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2019

The greatest of these improvised-and-then-impaled-on-a-card stories is, of course, “Alice in Wonderland,” extemporized on a golden afternoon and recalled at leisure later.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017

“All the principal ingredients were extemporized off the top of my head. It was about a fortnight before I finished telling it to them the first time.”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2016

Somewhat sceptically Mozart complied, and now the boy, roused by the doubt cast upon his abilities, extemporized with a clearness of idea and richness of embellishment that took his auditor by storm.

From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott