How to Use spontaneous in a Sentence

spontaneous

adjective

• He's a guy who's spontaneous and fun.
• The comment was completely spontaneous.
• Cold viruses can damage the olfactory system directly. This loss of smell may last even after the cold is over. Sometimes the sense comes back as suddenly as it disappeared, perhaps because even as adults we generate new olfactory neurons. Spontaneous improvement might be a person's best hope, because there are no real proven treatments for reversing olfactory nerve damage.
  — Harvard Health Letter, September 2001
• How much of the process is spontaneous rather than planned?
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Someone spontaneous who you can get lost in the world with.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2023
• And so that [taking the shirt off] was kind of spontaneous.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2022
• And part of the job of the MC is to be alert to the value of spontaneous moments.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
• Of course, as with any road trip, the best adventures are the most spontaneous ones on the go.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• Or just had an adventure for the pure, spontaneous hell of it?
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
• How much planning went into the video, and how much of it was spontaneous?
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 July 2022
• Chase came to the set every day ready to fool around in the hope of making something spontaneous and great.
  — Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The cameras were there—something tells me this wasn't the most spontaneous moment.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 8 June 2018
• But dealing with an egg in a lab is a lot harsher on the egg than a spontaneous pregnancy.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2019
• The game can be played with just one couple or with other couples at a spontaneous game night.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• The push was a spontaneous act of self-defense, Brian said.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Applause lines died in the roar of the wind; no spontaneous standing ovations erupted.
  — Jim Spencer, Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
• As noted, the impetus to do so could have been spontaneous.
  — Howard Rosen, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Nightlife in Tampa is more ratchet and just fun and spontaneous.
  — Nia Decaille, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• On a spontaneous road trip through the Arizona desert, a family found their way to a dog in need.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
• In the end, his decision to embark on the trek was even more spontaneous than Loni’s.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
• Even with plans set in stone for months, the ceremony was spontaneous.
  — Alison Steinbach, azcentral, 6 June 2018
• It’s the perfect choice for those spontaneous, overnight camping trips.
  — Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2019
• Yielding to a spontaneous desire to take a risk could cost you more than expected.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 July 2021
• No word yet on whether there was any spontaneous bursting into song.
  — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 8 Mar. 2018
• In a spontaneous move, Walton pulled off his jersey and threw it into the crowd.
  — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
• While a video or a notes app apology feels scripted, tears on a livestream are meant to feel spontaneous and raw.
  — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• The protests, leaderless and largely spontaneous, have been met with bullets and tear gas from the first day.
  — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2019
• The spontaneous sprint was his pleasure Talk about service!
  — Southern Living, 20 June 2018
• Ticket-holders drop words in a bucket for a spontaneous rap reel.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2022
• Be aware that a decision like this, if done right, isn’t spontaneous.
  — Teen Vogue, 4 Apr. 2019

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024