The final gesture (rubbing something off an extended arm) is more strange than surprising, but the piece has grown increasingly inventive by then.

Embedded processors are using sensors in increasingly inventive ways.

Nowadays, Irish chefs are becoming increasingly inventive with carrageen, adding it to everything from salsas to cheesecake.

Mr. Annan believes the United Nations must become increasingly inventive in designing peacekeeping operations to meet the constantly changing needs of individual crises.

Strategies to compete with the iPhone are getting increasingly inventive; the latest is a plan from Sharp for a smartphone with a 3D screen.

Fashion and cosmetics makers have grown increasingly inventive in promoting products to the young.

Mr. Berki, 36, is one of the most creative forces in an increasingly inventive movement.

Since Chanterelle was reviewed in 1989, the kitchen has become more focused and increasingly inventive.

He's increasingly inventive with song structure and arrangement; he can also set fire to a band.

In today's fund-raising frenzy, candidates and organizations have to be increasingly inventive in thinking up ways to separate donors from their money.