Example Sentences

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In a quiet riposte to this, the king in his speech to Congress will riff on past military endeavors the two countries have undertaken and the sacrifice both nations have made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

International star chef Gastón Acurio will riff on Peruvian cuisine on the ground floor of the West Main towers in Bellevue.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024

We will riff on stuff that's already there, and that's just essential, I think, to the show.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2023

And no doubt all the aforementioned shows will riff mercilessly about technology, culturally-sensitive labels and all the hashtag movements that have replaced the civil rights marches and Vietnam protests of their youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2018

On its Night Creeper tour, the band, a quartet from Cambridge, England, will riff on haunted songs that just might rouse some headbanging from the cross-armed nighthawks of Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016