Example Sentences

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A wildly witty ad-libber, Izzard can make two-hour monologues feel like a stream-of-conscious eruption.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“My dad was a great ad-libber; Frank Oz is a great ad-libber, and that always pluses up the comedy.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

Streep — who had just completed “Let Them All Talk,” a Steven Soderbergh movie with entirely improvised dialogue, before filming “Don’t Look Up” — isn’t immediately thought of as an ad-libber.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

He’s not a brilliant ad-libber like so many of hip-hop’s major stars right now; the songs feel as tightly plotted as his elaborate music videos, with each melody and rhythm tailored for maximum impact.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021

No ad-libber, he has to stick to his painfully prepared script, feels that a lot of mugging thrown in for a visual audience is a sin against his radio listeners.

From Time Magazine Archive