How to Use spontaneous in a Sentence

spontaneous

adjective
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  • He's a guy who's spontaneous and fun.
  • The comment was completely spontaneous.
  • Cold viruses can damage the olfactory system directly. This loss of smell may last even after the cold is over. Sometimes the sense comes back as suddenly as it disappeared, perhaps because even as adults we generate new olfactory neurons. Spontaneous improvement might be a person's best hope, because there are no real proven treatments for reversing olfactory nerve damage.
    — Harvard Health Letter, September 2001
  • And part of the job of the MC is to be alert to the value of spontaneous moments.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The day was at once planned and spontaneous, the way all of them were in the summer of 1970.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2017
  • How much of the process is spontaneous rather than planned?
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • And so that [taking the shirt off] was kind of spontaneous.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, as with any road trip, the best adventures are the most spontaneous ones on the go.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Someone spontaneous who you can get lost in the world with.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Or just had an adventure for the pure, spontaneous hell of it?
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
  • How much planning went into the video, and how much of it was spontaneous?
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 July 2022
  • The push was a spontaneous act of self-defense, Brian said.
    — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Chase came to the set every day ready to fool around in the hope of making something spontaneous and great.
    — Chris Nashawaty, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In the end, his decision to embark on the trek was even more spontaneous than Loni’s.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The name of the series refers to its focus on the wild-woman archetype that’s seen as wise, grounded and spontaneous.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • On a spontaneous road trip through the Arizona desert, a family found their way to a dog in need.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The cameras were there—something tells me this wasn't the most spontaneous moment.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 8 June 2018
  • Lavoisier and Marie Anne are not quite posed, but caught at a spontaneous moment, as if stopped in the course of their work.
    — Cynthia Saltzman, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
  • In a spontaneous move, Walton pulled off his jersey and threw it into the crowd.
    — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
  • The arrival of the truck pulling the trailer downtown was not a spontaneous occurrence.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Days before the pair are set to marry, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, only to wake up as the bride-to-be.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Nightlife in Tampa is more ratchet and just fun and spontaneous.
    — Nia Decaille, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The protests, leaderless and largely spontaneous, have been met with bullets and tear gas from the first day.
    — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The act appears to have been spontaneous, or, at least, it wasn’t planned by the organizers.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
  • The game can be played with just one couple or with other couples at a spontaneous game night.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But dealing with an egg in a lab is a lot harsher on the egg than a spontaneous pregnancy.
    — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • And 83% believed quick, spontaneous trips (two or three nights) are a great option.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Applause lines died in the roar of the wind; no spontaneous standing ovations erupted.
    — Jim Spencer, Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Love takes on a carefree, spontaneous vibe when Venus wanders through Sagittarius.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The reservation system has been controversial at Yosemite and other national parks, with many arguing that the parks should always be accessible to the public and that the system is prohibitive to spontaneous trips or people who aren't tech-savvy.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024

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