improvise
verb (used with object)
to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize.
have been improvising
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present perfect progressiveof improvise.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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You have been improvising so much the last several years in your career; you have been a self-starter.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2020
“We have been improvising for 20 years, but we’ve always managed,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
Jarvis and Sally might have been improvising, there was no doubt that they were, but the result was the product of inspiration.
From Strawberry Acres by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
We have been improvising shoes to replace the finneskoe, of which we are badly short.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
