extemporize

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

Apparently the idea was to extemporize on some issues that had come up during the performance.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2016

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

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

“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

And his extemporized speech bore this out, mentioning John Cage, Cecil Taylor, John Philip Sousa and Native American ritual music.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2014

They arrived at sunset, and the host extemporized over the glories of the setting sun.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold

I was not a quippy teenager with a sarcastic response to everything that happened in my life,” Ms. Heller explained, once again extemporizing on the typically wide gap between film and reality teens.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2015

A melodic shape emerged, and bass and drums hit a single, sudden downbeat — thump! — as Mr. Glasper kept extemporizing with chromatic flair.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2015

Despite the sensitivity of his palate and familiarity with the Scotch supply chain, I was pretty sure Gimli was extemporizing, trying to hustle me out the door.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2013

But he sounded marvelously in his element, extemporizing with controlled bluster and blending ecstatically with the other two horns.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2010

She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald