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

His ability to improvise instantly when he senses a defender closing in is the best magic act in the South Bay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

With no operating table built for the python's size, keepers and vets said they had to improvise by connecting two operating tables together.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Watch the export miracle turn into a pumpkin or improvise.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

They had to improvise a bed for Alba on the floor because she refused to leave the room, and when they tried to take her out she had her first tantrum.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

But when Cole solos and improvises, it’s more often in single notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

The animatronic improvises in conversation based on a story outline written by Woliner and Notarnicola.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

A diabetic, she improvises a cooler for her insulin after each flood cuts power.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

She improvises with video calls, but knows other women have lost jobs because they cannot work effectively.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023

He sings and improvises his own poems while he plays.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

A new study led by researchers at the University of Bologna suggests that the markings were far more organized than simple scratches or improvised decorations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The action tears through the estate’s lavish rooms, turning paintings, candelabras and fabric into improvised weapons before ending with a splash in the pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

These tough ratings sat up in bed darning their socks, and insisted on hand-washing their own smalls, which they dried on washing lines improvised from string, suspended along the radiators.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Young men, some barefoot, dart around in the sand under the guidance of a volunteer coach improvising drills amid the shouts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Israeli soldiers in Lebanon said that units were scrambling and were now improvising solutions such as covering military equipment and outposts with nets to trap the drones, a method Ukraine has long relied on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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

Plaza knew Kevin’s neuroses fit Schwartzman but also that he could bring his own touches while improvising.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

He was everywhere at once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat.

From "1984" by George Orwell