Example sentences for: improvised

How can you use “improvised” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But life along the river is also fascinating: washerwomen squatting on the shore, water buffalo ambling down for a dip, the improvised ferryboats, and the captive cormorant birds, their necks ringed to prevent them from swallowing all their catch, waiting for orders to go fishing from bamboo rafts.

  • More than 30,000 Cubans tried to cross shark-infested waters to Florida on improvised rafts.

  • Teachers at a school for the deaf were so inept that the assembled kids improvised a complex sign system, demonstrating that language is innate, but requires community to grow.

  • He improvised from evening to daybreak for 15 cents a night.

  • The name of the square, Praça da Restauração (“Restoration Square”), recalls Olhão’s most glorious moment, when an improvised local army rebelled against Napoleon’s occupying forces in 1808.


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