Sentence examples for a breakthrough performance from inspiring English sources

John Kerry, who needed a breakthrough performance, was neither.

Martin had promised a breakthrough performance and delivered against one of his favorite opponents.

For a program in only its eighth year competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level, it was a breakthrough performance.

Ms. Upshaw will repeat her portrayal of the countess, Clemence, a breakthrough performance of white-hot emotional and vocal intensity.

He hoped to have a breakthrough performance Sunday that would earn a shoe contract and supplement a racing income of about $20,000 a year.

Later that year the company staged its milestone production of Handel's "Giulio Cesare" with Beverly Sills as Cleopatra, a breakthrough performance that finally made her a major star.

An English-language production of "How I Ate a Dog," his breakthrough performance piece about a former sailor recalling his days in the navy, was mounted upstairs at the Royal Court last year.

They exhibit a very sharp breakthrough performance, especially in the low-concentration regime, that illustrates the better breakthrough performance of monoliths with respect to shallow carbon packed beds.

Her performance in the film earned her an MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Performance Female" in 2009.

They prefer a different type of breakthrough performance — something more shape-shifting.

Mr. Glenn, who turns 60 next week, has been a strong presence in American movies since his breakthrough performance as a hard-driving coach to the Olympic athlete played by Mariel Hemingway in Robert Towne's "Personal Best" (1982).