The phrase "a sharp performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a performance that is precise, skillful, or impressive, often in the context of arts, sports, or presentations.
Example: "The actor delivered a sharp performance that captivated the audience from start to finish."
Alternatives: "an impressive performance" or "a stellar performance."
With Steven Sloane conducting, City Opera's players and chorus turned in a sharp performance.
Of course this is exactly the opposite of what Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent took away from this show, a sharp performance that they treated with dignity and, ultimately, joy.
But Leonard Slatkin's new disk, on Chandos, features an impressive contemporary cast — headed by Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, and William Burden — and a sharp performance from the excellent BBC Symphony Orchestra that underlines the sometimes hysterical emotions beneath Barber's sumptuous sounds.
Pt black as a cathode catalyst shows a significantly better performance stability as compared to Pt/C, which experiences a sharp performance decline in a 50 h steady-state operation.
The Bolivian composer Agustín Fernández's "Peregrine" -- a wobbling flight of ostinatos and repeated notes -- needed a sharper performance and of course another place.
The director, Lauren Keating, has the cast clicking nicely, with Ms. Hines giving a particularly sharp performance and Mr. Madera turning in a hilarious version of the suspicious spouse.
Jamie, redundantly self-effacing after a cool, sharp performance, especially at the net, was thrilled.
Short of a complete bravura performance that would have been tough for even the most experienced national politician to turn in — or a devastating error by the mistake-prone Mr. Biden, who instead turned in an impressively sharp performance — there might have been little Ms. Palin could have done to help Mr. McCain.
Despite Ms. Baranski's sharp performance and a few last-minute nuances, Francine remains a resentful killjoy.
O'Shea also suggested first-time fatherhood had been a factor in Danny Care's sharp performance, with the England squad due to be announced on Wednesday: "I think he's looking forward to four weeks' sleep in Pennyhill Park.
This has been an unspectacular but hugely professional, sharp performance from Ireland.
