impromptu

I’m a novice, so I recruited a caviar-loving colleague to join me for an impromptu tasting session of five brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

At an impromptu press conference last week, US President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his helipad, his ballroom and his granite paving stones.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The social media age — sometimes dubbed Web 2.0 to distinguish it from the less openly interactive earlier era of the internet — seemed to supercharge this impromptu rezoning of the information superhighway.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Holmes checked newspaper advertisements for a rental flat far enough from his building to make impromptu visits unlikely.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

What vulgarity, what pointless joking, what pitiable attempts to serve up old impromptus réchauffés!

From Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory by Arthur Symons