PERFORMANCE in a Sentence
Learn PERFORMANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for PERFORMANCE, such as:
1. Yeah, it was an incredible performance.
2. The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
3. At last the time arrived for the performance to begin.
4. The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
5. James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
2. The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.
3. At last the time arrived for the performance to begin.
4. The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
5. James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PERFORMANCE
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performance
n. the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
n. any recognized accomplishment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera.
2 This tourist performance of enjoying oneself is too hopelessly humiliating: it's such a failure.
3 We must rather adopt Mr. Crawford's views, and make the performance, not the theatre, our object.
4 She played accordingly; happy to have a new listener, and a listener who seemed so much obliged, so full of wonder at the performance, and who shewed herself not wanting in taste.
5 He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance, when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel, and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread.
6 Anne replied, and spoke in defence of the performance so well, and yet in allowance for his feelings so pleasantly, that his countenance improved, and he replied again with almost a smile.
7 He received no answer, all for the moment sitting rapt in admiration of the performance described.
8 The performance was that of bringing together and building into a stack the furze faggots which Humphrey had been cutting for the captain's use during the foregoing fine days.
9 To look at the palings before the Yeobrights' house had the dignity of a necessary performance.
10 This unweeting manner of performance is the true ring by which, in this refurbishing age, a fossilized survival may be known from a spurious reproduction.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
11 At moments during this performance Eustacia was half in doubt about the security of her position; yet it had a fearful joy.
12 It was my first performance, and it certainly will be my last.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
13 He was left to wonder during the rest of the evening, for no explanation offered itself, and Eustacia said nothing, the additional fact that she knew of only adding more mystery to the performance.
14 But the shutters were closed, the door remained shut, and no heed whatever seemed to be taken of his performance.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
15 When you asked me to believe that she walked along a narrow strip of grass without once making a false step, I remarked, as you may remember, that it was a noteworthy performance.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
2 Tonight's performance is positively the last time the band will appear together.
3 The audience gave her a standing ovation for her performance.
4 The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
5 The audience warmly applauded when the performance came to the end.
6 The audience loved his performance and the needle on the clapometer shot up.
7 Try to inject a bit of enthusiasm into your performance.
8 Further investment is contingent upon the company's profit performance.
9 His performance of 'Alison' segued into a cover version of 'Tracks of My Tears'.
10 A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance.
11 I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.
12 At last the time arrived for the performance to begin.
13 Yeah, it was an incredible performance.
14 James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
15 The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.