How to Use improv in a Sentence

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• First of all, a scene like that, how much of that is improv?
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• And a good 20 to 30 percent of the show was improv every night.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• At improv jams, only steps out to suggest that maybe the two girls in the scene should kiss.
  — Fu Goto, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• Play an improv game over video chat, like the story-telling game.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
• The couple met when Arnett went to see one of her improv shows in New York City in 1996.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• So, after eight hours and 500 miles: thumbs-up to the improv DVD system.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018
• For the improv fanatics among us, this is the show to catch this season — even if Drew Carey won’t be there to judge it.
  — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• The Prime Video film sees three improv actors hired by the police to help stage low-level stings.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
• Noah Centineo just may be one of the great improv actors of our time.
  — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 17 Sep. 2018
• Ash’s comedic talent was honed as a sketch and improv performer.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• There are so many dudes in the improv community that don’t know what goes on.
  — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 10 Jan. 2018
• This week's main challenge had the girls guesting on a fake talk show and showing off improv skills.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
• Improv troupe Groundlings join the web TV fray Tuesday with the debut of a new online series.
  — Jenna Wortham, WIRED, 16 Sep. 2008
• Here are four improv groups in metro Phoenix that host free weekly online shows.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
• Stranger: An improv-style bit about serving up John the Baptist’s head on a platter.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
• Shimmy at a Latin dance party and laugh along with improv troupe Asking for a Friend.
  — cleveland.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Gaffigan decided to take an improv class to work on that last one.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
• In 1968, Tommy Smothers plucked me out of the improv group, The Committee, and gave me my first writing job for his show.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2023
• She’s been a sketch and improv veteran at comedy venues across the Dallas area for the past 10 years.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• After the show, the Youth Comedy Pilot Program team will lead some improv games for the kids.
  — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2022
• In the workplace, just like on the improv stage, relationships should support the exchange of ideas, not just cater to one star.
  — Bob Dusin, Quartz at Work, 13 June 2019
• So, when she was asked what was going on once cameras were rolling, that was her improv response.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• Ansari tried out improv comedy for a year and half in Dallas, even getting to know her now-husband in the process.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
• For a year, Field taught improv and scene study to middle school students at an after-school program in Rockville.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• The live show pits teams of improv actors against one another for matches with sports-like rules.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
• Trump’s modus, as ever, was to playact; his game has always been improv.
  — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
• An improv comedy team can consist of as few as two people or as many as a dozen.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Key was one of Robinson’s first improv teachers at the Second City Detroit.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 July 2021
• Some have even taken to dissecting the song down to specific lyrics, like her quick mention of having to quit her improv troupe.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
• With a background in improv and sketch comedy (ask her about her balmy cruise ship days!), Leah loves to tell character-forward stories with humor, high stakes and heart.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024