impromptu

At many companies, workers start whispering about possible cuts as soon as they spot leaders in impromptu huddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The lack of conflict that might have been created on a conventional news channel renders his impromptu network interminably boring.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

On Sunday, using a social media live stream, Thomas was able to organise a second, more impromptu protest of a few hundred people in his home city of Portsmouth.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The conceit is that the worried and impatient evacuees amuse themselves with an impromptu performance of “Pericles,” of all unlikely theatrical works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Stanton and the other organizers whispered to one another in an impromptu conference and decided to allow the men to stay.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

For the first half, he joined three otherworldly impromptus — Drei Klavierstücke, Opus 946 — written in Schubert’s last months with the Third Sonata by the neglected Soviet composer Dmitri Kabalevsky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

For the occasion Mr. Lubimov looked at the forward end of the fortepiano repertory, beginning and ending with late Beethoven sonatas and offering a Glinka rarity and a pair of Schubert impromptus between them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2012

Chopin's four impromptus, often dismissed as salon pieces and rarely played as a group, completed an uncommonly interesting programme.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010

Mr. Kissin performs four polonaises and four impromptus with his customary crystalline technique, singing tone and generous rubato.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2010

Antecedent facts, the nature of institutions, the cast of minds and the state of morals are the materials of which are composed those impromptus which astonish and alarm us.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville