How to Use off-the-cuff in a Sentence

off-the-cuff

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  • Being off-the-cuff and willing at all times to say crazy things is hard to do.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Dawkins the culture warrior could be snide, off-the-cuff, and downright toxic.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • This year was all about friendly Get Ready With Me videos, off-the-cuff ’fit check clips, and throwaway selfies.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2023
  • There was a lot of off-the-cuff cutting of holes in things and suddenly having to replicate things.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The plot, however, is secondary to their one-line zingers and off-the-cuff comedy.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The proud mom stood next to Prince Harry and watched as Meghan gave an off-the-cuff speech about the project, at one point exchanging a smile with her son-in-law.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • However, that off-the-cuff style isn't what viewers will get this summer.
    — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Content that has a catchy headline and presents an uninformed, off-the-cuff opinion...
    — Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The actor known for his eyebrow-raising, off-the-cuff remarks gave a speech that was a departure from his norm.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Said era so far has looked like this: off-the-cuff TikToks, a healthy post-split dating life, and a new, uncensored persona.
    — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In some ways, Clemente Bar began with a simple, perhaps even off-the-cuff, comment between close friends.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Cast members tend to seem like regular, if colorful, folks who speak off-the-cuff.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Sheeran’s approach to unveiling Play has been fairly off-the-cuff, so far.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Sheeran’s approach to unveiling Play has been fairly off-the-cuff, so far.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Stephen Colbert’s Offensive Weapon Sometimes, one of the best things on late night is a truly off-the-cuff remark from a mostly on-the-cuff host.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Nothing as off-the-cuff or zany as men often get away with in their speeches, and that’s unfortunate.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Milwaukee rappers frequently post their own off-the-cuff dances to their tracks.
    — Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
  • But the heart of the show is an off-the-cuff panel discussion that aims to cut through the bull— and predictable partisanship, and that will continue.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The audio notes seem to be part of a quicker, off-the-cuff way Lorde wants to communicate new music to her audience.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s off-the-cuff threat was disturbingly like many of the other pledges the Republican nominee has made to win votes.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Soon, another man stepped on top of a sidewalk stone barrier and began to give an off-the-cuff sermon.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Among her ongoing projects is a series of off-the-cuff portraits of the journalists and students who come to speak with her, most of whom are younger women.
    — Alice Newell-Hanson Sean Donnola, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That off-the-cuff duet in 2014 opened their eyes to a world of musical possibilities, but their path forward wasn’t easy or clear-cut.
    — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Lauren Goode: That was a good off-the-cuff recommendation.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Lauper’s setlist doesn’t shortchange on the hits, but half of the fun of the show is her off-the-cuff banter, delivered in that indelible, no B.S. Brooklyn fashion.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
  • His TikTok videos have an off-the-cuff air that leave fans feeling like they’ve been let in on private posts meant only for his inner circle.
    — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • On the other hand, my character-design work for animation is always done in a very loose, off-the-cuff style.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • The pots, an off-the-cuff idea posted to Instagram in 2013, turned Nichols into something like a ceramics tycoon.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In off-the-cuff comments during his homily, the pope lamented the recent death, under the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square, of a homeless German man.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Francis reflected in an off-the-cuff remark to reporters outside the prison—his first public comment since falling ill.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025

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