extemporize

Example Sentences

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Sensing an opportunity to extemporize, he looked around the chamber, pleased.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2023

The film franchise upon which the series is based has its fans who can lustily extemporize upon its merits as a criticism of class division and exploitation.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2018

The ministers not only engaged with him, but invited him to extemporize on Bible verses to the congregation.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2018

It taught children to debate, extemporize, and advocate for themselves, and it helped them develop the vocabulary that tends to reap academic rewards.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015

The old man turned back to his wagon and began to extemporize.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss