extemporized

past tense of extemporize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporized
Verb
  • The scene was partly improvised, in the sense that White didn’t know what the song was going to be before cameras rolled.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dan concocted a farmhouse ale made with 1850s roots.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than 50 years passed before Kansas City artist and sculptor Dale Eldred in 1990 devised a workable design.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ultimately, the researchers believe the hottest engine ever devised will help the scientific community better understand thermodynamics.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Extemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporized. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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