Sentence examples for a striking debut from inspiring English sources

Bright moments, then, but not a striking debut.

Russian director Zvyagintsev made a striking debut with road movie The Return in 2003.

The impact of her opening salvos isn't quite sustained, but this is a striking debut.

Rinat Shaham made a striking debut in the thankless, skeletal role of Preziosilla.

In 1968, she released a striking debut, "Song to a Seagull".

Bronwyn James makes a striking debut as the hangman's daughter: awkward, anxious and easy prey.

In 2007 the teenage Kathryn Morgan made an admirable, striking debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in New York City Ballet's production of "George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker,' " one of several roles she claimed with individuality around that time.

Director Ana Lily Amirpour may well avoid such a fate with her striking debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, hailed in its press release as "the first Iranian vampire western", if only because it's hard to imagine such a niche claim-to-fame inspiring many imitators.

Reception to the film has been mixed, but Delevingne's "striking debut" as a spirited English student, Melanie, is winning plaudits.

Swedish-born Cecilia Ekbäck's striking debut follows a trail blazed in the recent past by Stef Penney, Eowyn Ivey, Hannah Kent, David Vann and others.

Tenor Matteo Lippi (Ruggero) made a striking OHP debut, a radiant Puccini natural.