Use performance in a sentence
Sentences ending with performance
- Nothing in this world can save it from being a shabby, poor disgusting performance. [5]
- Her little feet were shod with handsome gold sandals set with sapphires, and she seated herself on a low bench with a satisfied smile, as though to assist at a theatrical performance. [10]
- Does this seem to you a Lenten performance? [4]
- Her art seemed to him to grow under his eyes like a wonderful plant, and the quiet, reserved man expressed his delight so unequivocally that the Emperor beckoned to him and asked his opinion of the singer's performance. [10]
- They had "cracked their sides" laughing over its construction, as Howells once said, and they thought the world would do the same over its performance. [5]
- I am satisfied that there are as great masters of this nerve-playing as Vieuxtemps or Thalberg in their lines of performance. [6]
- To those monks that pump was a good deal of a miracle itself, and they were full of wonder over it; and of admiration, too, of the exceeding effectiveness of its performance. [5]
- But that ship, that captain, and that pregnant instant had had their work appointed for them in the dawn of time and could not fail of the performance. [5]
- It is more than human to be so placidly certain about things, and so finely superior, and so airily content with one's performance. [5]
- The telescopulist--or the telescopulariat--I do not know which is right--said a party were making a grand ascent, and would come in sight on the remote upper heights, presently; so we waited to observe this performance. [5]
Short sentences using performance
- Her performance was splendid. [11]
- When does the performance begin? [5]
- The performance was over. [10]
Sentences containing performance two or more times
- The usual net receipts of a performance were from nine to ten pounds, and this was about the sum that Elizabeth paid to companies for a performance at Whitehall, which was always in the evening and did not interfere with regular hours. [4]
- Kuragin asked her opinion of the performance and told her how at a previous performance Semenova had fallen down on the stage. [2]
More example sentences with the word performance in them
- The younger Granvelle, with his father, had also been present at the performance of this motet of homage at Cambray, and respectfully confirmed his Majesty's remark, speaking with special warmth of the fervour and delicacy with which Jean Courtois had conducted the choir. [10]
- The performance opened with a tremendous prelude on the piano by Herr Bloomgarten, who had been Liszt's favorite pupil; indeed, it was whispered that Liszt had said that, old as he was, he never heard Bloomgarten without learning something. [4]
- Our performance to-morrow will--at any rate--but--Zoe, pray be good enough to retire with the maids; I have a few words to say to my brother alone. [10]
- The regular performance will continue every night till further notice. [5]
- Like the Englishman who, when he first witnessed a performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," cried out, "How very unlike the home life of our dear Queen! [9]
- Poor Aunt Mary, who did not understand that a performance of "Pinafore" could give birth to the unfulfilled longings which result in the creation of high things, spoke to Uncle Tom a week later concerning an astonishing and apparently abnormal access of industry. [9]
- Peterson, the new-comer, whispered satirically in Ferguson's ear: "Wonderful performance to find this place, wasn't it? [5]
- The remaining ceremonies were hasty and incomplete, since the priests who were indispensable to their performance had not made their appearance. [10]
- When they were well exhausted, they would run out and sprawl on the dry, hot sand, and lie there and cover themselves up with it, and by and by break for the water again and go through the original performance once more. [5]
- After the performance we were invited by Mr. Harris to a supper of some thirty persons, where we were the special guests. [6]
- If any detail was wanting to round out and reward this knightly performance in strict accord with the old romances, it was supplied by the subsequent handsome conduct of Prince Sigismund. [4]
- But some time was to elapse ere he could execute this praiseworthy intention; for before he could cross the threshold the landlord of The Pike appeared, berated him, and ordered him to be more civil in the performance of his duties. [10]
- The joint one was that sufficient tickets to insure a good sum should be sold before the date of the performance should be set. [5]
- Though the performance was proceeding, he walked deliberately down the carpeted gangway, his sword and spurs slightly jingling and his handsome perfumed head held high. [2]
- This little animal was kept in confinement, and the performance was repeatedly heard. [1]
- One more rehearsal to-morrow, and then the two voices would have given such a performance as perhaps was never before heard within the temple walls. [10]
- She was happy to show her gratitude to the kind schoolmaster by busying herself in the performance of such household duties as his little cottage stood in need of. [12]
- People are apt to conceive, or at least to profess, exaggerated expectation, such as no performance can realise; then ensue disappointment and the due revenge, detraction, and failure. [14]
- The noise of this vocal performance awakened the other man, who, staggering upon deck and shaking his late opponent by the hand, swore that singing was his pride and joy and chief delight, and that he desired no better entertainment. [12]
- After the performance they stood about the chapel, talking in a subdued tone, and seemed to be a good deal impressed by what they had heard, or perhaps by thoughts of the departed. [4]
- Nothing could divert them from the regular and faithful performance of the pieties enjoined by the Church. [5]
- They poured out their opinions most freely and frankly about the frosty attitude of the people who were present at that performance, and about the Boston newspapers for the position they had taken in regard to the matter. [5]
- The latter measured the tall, brave fellow with a hasty glance, and turning, half to him, half to Alexander Farnese, said: "An enviable trick, and admirable performance, by my love! [10]
- Not long after the tableau performance had made Myrtle Hazard's name famous in the school and among the friends of the scholars, she received the very flattering attention of a call from Mrs. Clymer Ketchum, of 24 Carat Place. [6]
- Sit down in the seats of the State governments and study the methods of treatment of essentially the common institutions of government, of charity and discipline, and you will be impressed with the variety of local spirit and performance in the Union. [4]
- The distance between the ports is 600 miles, and when the difficulties of navigating the turbulent Missouri are taken into consideration, the performance of the Lucas deserves especial mention. [5]
- Would they call the performance a desecration? [5]
- Should we call the performance a desecration? [5]
- And there stood the monarch, a man no longer young, gazing at his performance and never weary of the amusement it afforded him. [10]
- Occasionally Gaston visited the menagerie, but generally after the performance, when Victorine had a half-hour's or an hour's romp with her animals. [11]
- We still have the idea that we must eat for ourselves, and that we cannot delegate this performance, as we do the filling of the mind, to some one else. [4]
- When he approached the door he heard Noel ranting in there and recognized the state of the case; so he remained near the door but out of sight, and heard the performance through to the end. [5]
- By twelve o'clock, the city began to empty itself upon the Theresien meadow; and long before the time for the king to arrive --two o'clock--there were acres of people waiting for the performance to begin. [4]
- The costumes of the actors were in the last degree outlandish, and the performance was in keeping with the clothes. [5]
- It was plain that there was a charm about the performance that was apart from the mere interest which attaches to lying. [5]
- The performance of that task we now undertake. [7]
- The Colonel regaled Stephen, when she was gone, with the pedigree and performance of every horse he had had in his stable. [9]
- Pet shared her stateroom with a young companion, and the two were carrying on a private dialogue during this public performance. [4]
- Occasionally, an original spurt in rhyme adds variety to an otherwise monotonous performance. [6]
- The little fop spent his evening, by the way, in a box opposite, where my Aunt Caroline gabbled to him and Mr. Allen during the whole performance. [9]
- Of all our social contrivances, the formal dinner is probably the cause of more anxiety in the arrangement, of more weariness in the performance, and usually of less satisfaction in the retrospect than any other social function. [4]
- It was as singular as it was gratifying that I was also so fortunate as to find among the rubbish of the arena, a stained and mutilated copy of the Roman Daily Battle-Ax, containing a critique upon this very performance. [5]
- He must wait, she said, until the performance closed, and then she would show him the animals as a happy family. [11]
- There are some select souls who sit apart in calm endurance, waiting to be translated out of a world they are almost tired of patronizing, to whom the whole thing seems, doubtless, like a cheap performance. [4]
- Soon Althea's performance seemed to prove how fortunate a choice he had made. [10]
- But we shall see, after the performance that is about to take place, which of us two Caesar will decide for. [10]
- After supper Frau Schimmel helped the mother to bathe the little Zeno and to put him to bed, and Melchior also assisted at the performance. [10]
- Mr Swiveller had scarcely sprung off his seat and commenced the performance of a maniac hornpipe, when he was interrupted, in the fulness of his joy at being again alone, by the opening of the door, and the reappearance of Miss Sally's head. [12]
- He had certainly scarcely become a master of this art on board the Hydra, yet his slow performance did all honour to the patience of his teacher Myrtilus. [10]
- The performance was Rossini's 'Barber of Seville,'--very brilliant, though I fancy there are things I should like better. [14]
- An expression of resolution, emblematic of a determination to die, if necessary, in the performance of duty, was on her face as the machinery started; and her breath was not quite normal when, in an incredibly brief period, they descended at the ferry. [9]
- The entertainment was quite free, with a "collection" occasionally during the performance. [4]
- It would be personally entitled to the credit of its own performance? [5]
- Immediately after the performance, however late it might be, the Magian was to be admitted to his presence. [10]
- But Mrs. Eddy's performance was without intention, and destitute of art. [5]
- I showed my performance to some pilots, and they eagerly rushed it into print in the 'New Orleans True Delta. [5]
- To repeat this performance on the one stretched to the steeple would certainly not be expected from her or from any other. [10]
- After the next performance in the Circus the offenders shall tell you in the other world how I administer justice. [10]
- He believed the party had become corrupt, and to his last day it was hard for him to see anything good in Republican policies or performance. [5]
- Those who took part in the performance were excused from study for several days before, for with the sapper's help we built the stage, and even painted the scenes. [10]
- Clemens had taken out dramatic copyright on the book, and immediately stopped the performance by telegraph. [5]
- Keep your eyes open at the next performance. [10]
- While I was one of the younger pupils, we used the large and complete puppet-show which belonged to the institute; but afterwards we preferred to act ourselves, and arranged the performance according to a plan of our own. [10]
- In the recollections of this voyage, even in Jack's recollections of it after he had paid the bills, it seemed that it had been simply glorious, free from care, generally a physical setting-up performance, and a lark of enormous magnitude. [4]
- Some distinguished deputies of the Majority stayed by him too, compelled thereto by admiration of his great performance. [5]
- The Egyptian myth of the gods of the great lights who sail the celestial ocean in golden barks, and of the sun-god who each morning conquers the demons of darkness, had suggested the subject of this performance. [10]
- If any rumor of the former discourse had reached Dartmouth, the audience must have been prepared for a much more startling performance than that to which they listened. [6]
- Well, to think of that performance! [5]
- I was ashamed of my performance at the time, but now that I reflect upon it I see that it was rather fine and difficult. [5]
- If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to the performance of that service are imperious. [4]
- During one night of final festivities, Ward slipped away and gave a performance on his own account. [5]
- Moreover, the consciousness of exercising an art over which she had once attained a mastery, yet never being able to shake off the painful doubt whether the applause that greeted her performance was genuine, spoiled many a pleasant hour. [10]
- It required loads of courage to go downstairs and face my father with my performance. [5]
- That's his idea of a post-prandial performance. [6]
- In this process of "working up to the matter" is it your idea to work up to the proposition that man and a machine are about the same thing, and that there is no personal merit in the performance of either? [5]
- To attract his notice by another performance would have been the most natural course, but Barbara had placed herself in a singular relation toward the Emperor Charles. [10]
- The performance was not the merely vulgar thing it seems on paper, but an achievement unique and perfect, which one is not likely to see more than once in a lifetime. [4]
- The men did not notice it until after they had congratulated the singer upon her exquisite performance and the effect which it had produced upon his Majesty. [10]
- And machines may not boast, nor feel proud of their performance, nor claim personal merit for it, nor applause and praise. [5]
- But, you see, nobody was in the fellow's secret--everybody had him focused wrong, and necessarily misinterpreted his performance every time--consequently they took his idiotic blunders for inspirations of genius; they did honestly! [5]
- Play it, mind; no tuning-up sort of thing, like last Sunday's performance. [11]
- After the first night's performance the showman says: "'My friend, you seem to know pretty much all the tunes there are, and you worry along first rate. [5]
- Skilled labor, which needs brains, was carried to a high degree of performance. [4]
- Besides, her kindly nature and feminine tact made her grateful to Wolf for his hint of distinguishing, by the first performance of one of his works, the able conductor and fine composer upon whom she had imposed so fatiguing a journey. [10]
- There is nothing mysterious about her first recorded performance. [4]
- I shall break my neck yet with some such foolhardy performance, for warnings never seem to have any lasting effect on me. [5]
- The fact of my being in California, and out of his country, wouldn't amount to a d---n with me, in the performance of my official duties. [5]
- I had so much to say to you; and the chief thing of all was that we are still a long way from completeness in our preparations for our performance. [10]
- After the performance Mr. Clemens spoke. [5]
- There is nothing more attractive to a noble woman of tender heart than a duty the performance of which will make her suffer. [4]
- A month after Miss Mackinder's arrival at La Touche a dramatic performance was given at the old fort, in which the officers of the Mounted Police took part, together with many civilians who fancied themselves. [11]
- Though her performance might be called only a perilous feat, she felt it to be true, genuine art. [10]
- They will never meet in the plane of their activities so as to coincide in capacity or performance. [4]
- Send to call me before the performance with the lights begins; I will come in spite of my wretched feet. [10]
- What can the manager of a performance do, but all in his power to secure the applause of the audience? [10]
- There was a little performance there in which Mentor and I allowed ourselves to be persuaded to take part. [10]
- Whether he would listen to the performance was doubtful. [10]
- And when you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance. [7]
- I do not know that anybody regarded the erection of the Henderson palace as an altruistic performance. [4]
- If we may judge by those that have survived, her prophecy of literary distinction for him was hardly warranted by anything she could have known of his past performance. [5]
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