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Example sentences for "improvised"

Lexicographically close words:
improvisation; improvisations; improvisatore; improvisatrice; improvise; improvising; improviso; improvized; imprudence; imprudent
  1. The marquis listened with rapture to this improvised poem of the king.

  2. The prioress began a cross, and looked intently at the gardener; the vil stuck in his throat, and he hastily improvised an expedient to cause the oath to be forgotten.

  3. All the dialogue had to be improvised by the leading actress and myself.

  4. In Chapter XV it is stated that the words of the play in Signor Greco's marionette theatre in Palermo are always improvised except in the case of Samson.

  5. This occasion must not be confused with a subsequent one when the Nunc Dimittis was improvised by Simeon, who, he said, could not have lived long enough to be present on both occasions.

  6. After six miles these improvised crampons broke up, and the increasing wind got me into difficulties.

  7. Incubation was far advanced, and some difficulty was experienced in blowing the specimens with a blow-pipe improvised from a quill.

  8. Owing to a steeper down grade, the sledges were now commencing to run more freely and improvised brakes were tried, all of which were ineffectual in restraining the dogs.

  9. In calm weather the parties at either terminal could communicate by shouting but were much assisted by megaphones improvised from a pair of leggings.

  10. They extracted arrow-heads from their wounds with probes improvised from ramrods.

  11. The Americans improvised a temporary hospital within the cathedral, whence at daybreak the wounded were deported, well guarded by their comrades.

  12. If he had hoped to take it unawares he was disappointed, for, when he had come within ten feet, holding his improvised lance outstretched ready for a deadly thrust, the creature shot out two long arms toward Andy.

  13. Soon the fire was again blazing in the improvised stove, and a little later an appetizing smell filled the air.

  14. For, though the improvised meals on shore had tasted good, there had not been much to them.

  15. He began to dip the eggs out of the water with a bit of shell and placed them on the improvised dishes.

  16. There was a narrow opening between the drawn curtains; through it a glimmer of light shone on the Venetian blinds from the street-lamp outside; and without any other light Amory got out of her improvised couch.

  17. In the farthermost corner lies an improvised cemetery.

  18. He pronounced the benediction, and then, after further recurrence to his saddle-bag, retired to his improvised sanctuary.

  19. I once knew a potentate of this breed who improvised a small gong out of the lid of a biscuit-tin, which he hung in his study.

  20. A litter was quickly improvised and the savage gently laid on, and with this, as their only encumbrance, they started for the return march.

  21. When they landed on the island they erected a flag pole, and improvised a flag which was kept at half mast, and mounted on a high point, so that it would attract passing ships, if their island chanced to be in the path of vessels.

  22. The captured fish were placed in a series of tanks swung from the deck of the steamer, and so arranged that a constant flow of water from a cheaply improvised reservoir should keep the fish in a healthy condition.

  23. In addition the unfortunate sailor, who was our improvised aeronaut and who was to direct our expedition, had as much knowledge of the art of aerial navigation as an inhabitant of the moon has of the mysteries of the Indian Brahmans.

  24. They told us that by now the air in the improvised prison was absolutely suffocating, what with the closeness, the fouled straw, the stale food and the proximity of so many dirty human bodies all packed into the kennel together.

  25. When we crossed the threshold we realized the good intention behind this advice, seeing that the room we entered, which had been a shop of sorts, was now an improvised powder magazine.

  26. After this Stevens was taken into an improvised barracks in a deserted Belgian gendarmerie and locked in a room.

  27. The ticket booth was an improvised pharmacy.

  28. In at the door of the improvised hospital filed the parade, and the wounded men dropped on the floor or else were lowered upon chairs and tables and cots--anywhere that there was space for them to huddle up or stretch out.

  29. While the Butterfly game is in progress let some one who is in the =Secret of the Magic Kettle,= hide under the improvised table and at a given signal lift the shallow pan and hold it tightly under the hole in the box.

  30. Our improvised beds were the most comfortable things; I love the flicker of an open fire, the smell of the pines, the pure, sweet air, and I went to sleep thinking how blest I was to be able to enjoy the things I love most.

  31. Everybody gives an opinion here, and the price is fixed by a sort of improvised jury.

  32. With the aid of the old negro, they improvised a rude tent by means of their blankets, and on leaving for his supper, he promised to return in the evening with some hoe-cakes.

  33. An improvised horse was therefore constructed, and a block with a rope rove through it was hooked on to the main yardarm.

  34. Needless to say the meeting was not so cordial as the parting, though a lack of cordiality could not be charged against the improvised shipowner.

  35. As the improvised sledge glided smoothly over the snow the thoughts of the whole party were busy with the dangers and terrors of the blizzard.

  36. One day Garrett and some of his improvised posse were riding eastward of the town when they jumped Tom O'Folliard, who was mounted on a horse that proved too good for them in a chase of several miles.

  37. A scaffold was improvised and Ives was hung,--the first of the Plummer gang to meet retribution.

  38. Young nobles, dressed in the velvet suits then in vogue, cooks in their white aprons, even women and children, rushed to the defence of the improvised fortifications.

  39. Here and there improvised fortifications were thrown up.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "improvised" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    casual; extemporaneous; fictitious; haphazard; hasty; impromptu; improvised; makeshift; offhand; precipitate; provisional; snap; spontaneous; surprised; temporary; tentative; unhatched; unmade; unorganized; unpremeditated; unprepared; unready; unstudied