Example Sentences

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Some have improvised tents with blankets but they lack water and other basic services.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

“Hugely disappointing to see Nature Bill has been scrapped. Has the Government forgotten there’s a biodiversity emergency? Pity he couldn’t have improvised a bit.”

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

Generations of local Jews of Barbados, have improvised and formed their own unique recipes to age old Jewish recipes using locally sourced ingredients.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2022

Some social media users have improvised ways of communicating in an attempt to circumvent censorship or arrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2022

“I have improvised quite a bit trying to come up with tents that did not require blueprints.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern