Sentence examples for a galvanizing performance from inspiring English sources

In the first section, the original Mitchell solo space was given to the bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, who turned in a galvanizing performance – one that occasionally seemed to reference Mitchell's original recording, before launching off in new directions.

Adapted by Dano and Zoe Kazan — a couple in real life — the film is a stylistically spare, emotionally unsparing look at family, marriage and self-image, as Carey Mulligan gives a galvanizing performance as a woman in free-fall as her husband (Jake Gyllenhaal) leaves her alone with their son (Ed Oxenbould) to go fight a wildfire in early 1960s Montana.

A surprisingly lively portrayal of President Abraham Lincoln and the legislative sausage-making he instigated to pass the 13th Amendment, the movie displays historical gravitas, burnished production values and a galvanizing performance from its lead actor.

The United States women's soccer team could provide a riveting story line at the 2012 London Olympics, given the household names of players like Hope Solo and Abby Wambach, and the galvanizing performance the Americans displayed last year at the World Cup.

The superlative actress Carla Gugino — I'm still reeling from her galvanizing performance in the Broadway revival of "Desire Under the Elms" — portrays Jake's mother, and Peter Grosz is his father.

BRANTLEY 'GHETTO SUPERSTAR (THE MAN THAT I AM)' Midway through this musical autobiography, Billy Porter describes the moment that changed his life: His teenage encounter, via the Tony Awards telecast, with Jennifer Holliday's galvanizing performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

I've got nothing but admiration for the actor's galvanizing performance, but he's not the only one to wonder whether the audience's patience with the former Marine has an expiration date.

How revealing it has been to observe so intimately such galvanizing performances as Jon Vickers's heroic, fitful Otello and Hildegard Behrens's wild-eyed, blazing Brünnhilde.

His robust performance had a galvanizing effect on church employees.

Catalytic mechanisms are the crucial link between objectives and performance; they are a galvanizing, nonbureaucratic means to turn one into the other.

In performance Mr. Joshi was said to have a galvanizing effect on his audiences.