Example sentences for: riffing

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

  • It's about the little moments of anomie in the daily routine, underscored by cheerful violence and Tarantino-esque riffing.

  • Ironically, the spot concludes by riffing on the slogan long used by liberal Sen.

  • His trademark dialogue--street toughs riffing about daily trivia with pseudoprofundity--still delights critics.

  • One deems it more of the same old riffing on the underside of society, "calling up as many vile impressions of humanity as possible" (Liesl Schillinger, the Washington Post ), while the other detects a new maturity in Self and labels this "his most disciplined storytelling yet," marked by "a new control and polish (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Everyone concedes that his writing is masterful; it's just a question of whether he has progressed.

  • Riffing off the press conference, the pundits reprised last month's line that the president is a lame duck.


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