Sentence examples for a commanding performer from inspiring English sources

He's a commanding performer.

Ms. Lewis is a commanding performer, but not well served by a tired role that has her, a black woman, wearing blackface.

A commanding performer, he delivered a soliloquy, part sermon, part aria, of spliced-together quotations about family, marriage, AIDS and racism.

Khedira, 23, is already such a commanding performer, a potential German national team captain, that he should be a player around whom Madrid can build a more forceful midfield.

Ms. Feldshuh, with her strong singing voice and aggressive stage manner, can be a commanding performer, and as Bankhead, a strong-willed star with a delicious larger-than-life self-regard, she would seem to be an apt casting match.

With strong hands and tidy arranging impulses, Mr. Walton has established himself as one of the finest mainstream jazz players in New York, if not in the world; he is a commanding performer.

Sterling delivered a commanding performance.

A commanding, wry performer at age 77, Ms. Rainer's unobtrusive presence speaks eloquently of time's passage.

A few soft patches, but a fairly commanding performance.

McBurney, who looks a bit like a Beatrix Potter hedgehog, is essentially a theatre person, but, with the right roles, he could become a brilliantly commanding movie performer.

But it's heartening to see a raunchy, expressive, commanding female performer celebrated so publicly for her ambition.