Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporary
Adjective
  • Christmas Eve is her favorite day of the year, but she’s just been informed that her adult children won’t be coming over tonight because her ex-husband has decided to throw an impromptu wedding reception after his impromptu courthouse wedding with his second wife.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No longer do white picket fences divide neighbors and security gates enclose neighborhoods, but walking trails zig zag throughout the homes with lush landscaping to give access to impromptu social intersections alongside nature.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ohs has described his method as collaborative and as calculatedly improvisational, a mix of composition in advance and real-time discovery.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the Grateful Dead were an improvisational band.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The improvised nature of the production was born in part out of practical necessity.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
    Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Extemporary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporary. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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