How to Use improvisation in a Sentence

improvisation

noun

• There’s the script, and there’s the story, but there’s also a lot of room for improvisation along the way.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• The threat to Roe had been a slow build, but the suddenness of the leak meant that the protest was marked by improvisation.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 May 2022
• In stride playing, the left hand moves between bass and chords while the right hand plays the improvisation.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• Free jazz, which took root in the 1960s, pushed improvisation to the extreme.
  — USA Today, 22 Feb. 2021
• John Cassavetes used to do that, but the whole movie has to be set up for improvisation.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 2022
• Is the spirit of improvisation the same as with the Grateful Dead?
  — Paul Liberatore, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
• The first was by a teacher during a ‘walk in the space’ improvisation that had nothing to do with race.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 10 June 2022
• Williams praised Booker's improvisation on one of the All-Star guard's best nights of the season.
  — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• And one of the things that often gets pushed to the back burner in all this improvisation is ergonomics.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2020
• As a boy, Wilkes was obsessed with the Grateful Dead and Phish, which gave him a love of improvisation.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
• With a flair for improvisation, Taylor Heinicke has been pulling off these sort of bizarre plays most of his life.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
• The artists have a snazzy color sense and do improvisation well.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2021
• These places live or die by their vibes, and what this means in practice is equal parts jazz improvisation and MMA.
  — Kc Orcutt, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
• But as with both Sorey and Burnt Sugar, improvisation is only part of the draw.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• But the aim of Live Without Fear is messy, live-wire improvisation.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 June 2021
• No, there wasn’t the smallest bit of improvisation in a film by Godard.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
• Most of the time, making a salade composée at home calls for improvisation.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
• The idea was to try to work out a part from those improvisations and put them together in a way that felt attractive.
  — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
• Repertoire and improvisation skills are the main focus of these groups.
  — Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
• His 26-yard run in the first quarter took some improvisation.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
• There’s not a lot of improvisation in making a children’s book though, is there?
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
• As with any item to enhance your plant’s growth, a light could require some improvisation on your part.
  — Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
• Jason is so involved, and there was a lot of improvisation on set.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2023
• The piece concludes with roars and cries of such a collective improvisation over the bold and wondrous span of five minutes.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 June 2021
• Over the course of two days, the team managed to film scenes full of improvisation and Easter eggs that nod to the Carrera’s illustrious past.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
• The Louisville running back will follow his blocking up to a point, but then improvisation takes over.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2020
• For Shorter, improvisation has a tiny bit of lag time, a delay.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Virtual Songs of Good Cheer is our part of the improvisation.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• The Blair Witch Project hinged heavily on improvisation from the actors who were, by the end of the shoot, pretty weathered by their surroundings.
  — Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
• Over the years, Coppola has learned that creating improvisations for his actors in which they’re expected to stay in character while engaging in activities outside the movie is a great way of preparing them for the shoot.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024