How to Use extemporaneous in a Sentence

extemporaneous

adjective
  • Such extemporaneous wellness tips are one of the perks of the job.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2017
  • But the episode appears to have been much more extemporaneous.
    — Kate Kelly, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • As the extemporaneous song grows, others join in with musings of their own, call-and-response style.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • My first show was basically an hour of extemporaneous grief talk.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Trump's statement came during one of his rare but thrilling extemporaneous news conferences.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • After his turn, English let out a sigh, exhausted by all the extemporaneous scribing.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Then, one of the most eloquent extemporaneous speeches of the 20th century tumbled from his lips.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian, 2 Apr. 2018
  • His address lasted only 18 minutes — not a long-winded, extemporaneous marathon that is his style.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • With the hidden plant, small extemporaneous workarounds cause friction, which is already known by the operations crew.
    — Andreas Eschbach, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The combination of extemporaneous performance and preëxisting art form enacts a trust across time and space.
    — S. Whitney Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
  • No one else will experience that extemporaneous moment like the woman in that particular seat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes Biden’s extemporaneous flights in politics have led to verbal missteps.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019
  • There was not a discouraging word in Postel’s extemporaneous remarks.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The speech took on an extemporaneous nature and grew from an articulate summary of grievances into something transcendent.
    — Nicolas Yan, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2015
  • There’s very little that’s extemporaneous about Gruden’s ideal offense.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Instead of crisp synchronicity, Jepsen opts for fluid, extemporaneous groove.
    — Rachelvoronacote, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • In the South, a Thanksgiving blessing usually involves some extemporaneous praying by someone who knows how.
    — Greg Garrison | [email protected], al, 27 Nov. 2019
  • His extemporaneous comments in the wake of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial are another example.
    — Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
  • Baker finds the extemporaneous speaking competition challenging with topics unrelated to the theme of the year.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
  • But this year, a generation born at the dawn of social media instead found themselves in an extemporaneous, occasionally chaotic, conversation led by one of their own.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Beyond that, Beyoncé, who is stingy with her extemporaneous commentary, has not spoken about her Grammy defeat.
    — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2017
  • She was crowned state champion in extemporaneous speaking three years in a row while attending Montville High School in the 1980s.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The extemporaneous talk included Biblical references and warm shoutouts to locals in the audience.
    — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps, in a general election, voters will recoil from his insults, from his seemingly extemporaneous policy pronouncements, from his all-around Trumpiness.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 13 May 2016
  • The medium both sustains his need for the public’s attention and provides him plenty of material for the tweets and other extemporaneous remarks that in return land him more of that sweet, sweet TV coverage.
    — Emma Stefansky, The Hive, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The participants who fare best seem to be familiar with the conventions of interscholastic debate, spouting off statistics and logic puzzles with the alacrity of an extemporaneous-speaking champion.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
  • As many of us were in a position to observe at the time, such models ranged from the highly structured and hierarchical environments of department heads, middle management, and line staff to extemporaneous gatherings of equals.
    — Lettie Prell, Wired, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Where the ponderous fire-roads invited a slow, deliberate pace to space our kidneys, the combination of hilly terrain and a slick surface demanded a more extemporaneous approach to conserving momentum.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Trump spoke for 1 hour and 32 minutes, the longest acceptance speech in modern American history, reportedly about half of it extemporaneous.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
  • Teammates Rory Rohde and Will Allen tied after seven grueling debates and were declared by the judges as co-state champions in extemporaneous debate.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022

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