improvise

Example Sentences

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Smartphones are not meant to be out in UK classrooms either, but with no national rules on where they should be the rest of the day, schools and teachers are left to improvise.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“We would improvise a lot, so we always had the rules as a guidance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

In war-devastated Gaza, where construction materials are scarce, Ayub had to improvise to build his small training facility.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

A shortage of massive holiday lawn ornaments at Home Depot is forcing would-be Clark Griswolds to improvise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

The staggering fact is that Bach could improvise fugues like this at the keyboard, and often did.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall