improvise

If you pressed him a bit, he’d tell you that one of the qualities Colin looked for was an ability to improvise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But Meg is a true comedian in that she understands not only how to improvise within the lane of the scene, but also the give and take.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Watch the export miracle turn into a pumpkin or improvise.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The scale of the disaster has overwhelmed local services, forcing institutions to improvise.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

“You should improvise a safety harness,” suggested Sierra Russell.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Performed in pairs, it is led by the first and most prominent pair which improvises various figures, such as raising joined hands to form bridges under which other dancers can pass.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

In one song, “Are You Blue,” O’Hara improvises with the band, her otherworldly soprano a contrast to the splintery score.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

‘Jane Austen Unscripted’ at the Garry Marshall Theatre Attention, “Bridgerton” fans: Impro Theatre improvises full-length Regency-era rom-coms in an outdoor setting in the company’s long-running hit show.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023

He sings and improvises his own poems while he plays.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday drove a "stunned" Lopez to lay a candle on Thursday at an improvised shrine in the Spanish capital's Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

They formed a swarm and communicated by improvised message boards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was improvised, deeply untraditional and exactly the kind of stuffing I wanted to eat again.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

And props are improvised so that pool noodles are used for jousting and an earbud case serves as an engagement ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Gospel and pop singers often add countermelodies, sometimes improvised, and classical music also contains many, many examples of countermelodies.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

There’s an inventiveness here that comes from the sprawl of the city — artists like myself who are constantly improvising, building their own ecosystems because nothing is handed to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

For Leon Berkers, whose restaurant boat has been stuck in the mud for more than a month, adaptation has so far meant improvising fixes to keep "pots and pans from flying around."

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Greek yogurt is one of the few ingredients that has matched my energy in the kitchen: constantly improvising, making it work with what I got, and never letting things go to waste.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

I am not as good at improvising as I had hoped I would be.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black