5 example sentences using ad-lib.
Ad-lib used in a sentence
Ad-lib in a sentence as a noun
* Like any other running event, run your plan: don't ad-lib and change your pace.
That's good advice, I always tend to focus on the skills and see an interview as something that is done ad-lib.
Ad-lib in a sentence as a verb
If there's a way to tone down the "subject ad-lib" style tangents, it would be an interesting way to spend an afternoon.
It makes it more organic and gets you out of robot-recital-mode and puts you in ad-lib-i'm-good-at-this mode.- While you're presenting, it feels like you're in warp speed.
Ad-lib in a sentence as an adjective
Even moments that I seemingly "ad-lib" to the audience -- jokes, side comments, "random" anecdotes -- are written out beforehand.
Ad-lib definitions
remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
See also: improvise improvize extemporize extemporise
with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
See also: extemporaneous extemporary extempore impromptu offhand offhanded off-the-cuff unrehearsed
said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
See also: spontaneous unwritten