How to Use improv in a Sentence

improv

adjective
  • But that whole thing with the cocaine was improv.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That whole thing with the cocaine was improv.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Play an improv game over video chat, like the story-telling game.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
  • A lot of the movie was improv, in general.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • That’s part of what prompted her to take her recent improv course.
    — Brianne Tracy, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • Ash’s comedic talent was honed as a sketch and improv performer.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Why are open mic nights and improv classes worth trying with friends?
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • Turns out this was typical and not improv work.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
  • So that was really, in a way, my improv school, those scenes.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • At improv jams, only steps out to suggest that maybe the two girls in the scene should kiss.
    — Fu Goto, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Gaffigan decided to take an improv class to work on that last one.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • People talk a lot about bombing in stand-up, but many of you got your start in improv and sketch.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
  • There are so many dudes in the improv community that don’t know what goes on.
    — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Ebeling had spent the past few years grinding his way through the improv circuit.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Here are four improv groups in metro Phoenix that host free weekly online shows.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
  • So yeah, there was a real great mix between improv people and rock & roll.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Its standard model for most shows is to present three improv troupes within a one-hour slot.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Trump’s modus, as ever, was to playact; his game has always been improv.
    — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This week's main challenge had the girls guesting on a fake talk show and showing off improv skills.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • So, when she was asked what was going on once cameras were rolling, that was her improv response.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • An improv comedy team can consist of as few as two people or as many as a dozen.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Noah Centineo just may be one of the great improv actors of our time.
    — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Join drama, debate, and improv clubs.
    — Rachel Konrad, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The thing with Isa and Sepi doing a double take — that was improv.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The live show pits teams of improv actors against one another for matches with sports-like rules.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The people have been nothing but supportive there with this improv thing.
    — Jessi Virtusio, Post-Tribune, 25 May 2017
  • And a good 20 to 30 percent of the show was improv every night.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • But there’s still a liveliness, an energy, that did give me that old-school improv vibe.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 July 2025
  • Strange jobs for a person who trained as an improv comedian.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • As in any good improv scene, CIC members had to use what was in front of them.
    — Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

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