improvise
verb (used with object)
to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize.
had improvised
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past perfectof improvise.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Dave Wright, the rescue team's incident manager, told BBC Scotland they had improvised when they discovered the hillwalker was lying directly above the ski centre.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
More than two decades before companies like Skype helped make two-way video calls part of everyday life, Jenkins had improvised his own teleconferencing system and used it to make art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
When the time came for a solo, I played the one that Mr. Martin had improvised spontaneously in the lesson, which I’d transcribed and learned like a bedtime prayer.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2018
At the front window, Hunter, a chef, had improvised a makeshift butcher’s table – a cherry-coloured cutting board atop a table ordinarily reserved for diners.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2018
Nfvea and Severo took Clara to the consulting room that the Rumanian had improvised in his hotel.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
