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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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
The ascending and descending lines that the Staples chant—“Dah dah dah, dah-dah / dee, dee, dee, dee”—that was the horn line Mack had improvised while singing on his original demo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2016
Even as I sat, the ending I had improvised was fading from my memory.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
