riff

Example Sentences

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In August 1966, the Beatles led their album “Revolver” with Harrison’s “Taxman,” a jagged riff that doubled as a fiscal protest.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We don’t have a permit,” cracked host Ego Nwodim, riffing on scrappy independent tactics in her monologue.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Johnson can riff with the best of them, with Mr. McCarrol his perfect foil; the two also wrote the screenplay together.

From The Wall Street Journal

You can riff depending on fridge contents or, after a brief sensory inventory, what feels right in the moment.

From Salon

“I speak to it, like I’m riffing in a jazz band, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards,” Huntley said.

From Los Angeles Times