Sentence examples for a warm-up act from inspiring English sources

In the small town of Celina in western Ohio last week, the state's lieutenant-governor, Mary Taylor, was acting as a warm-up act for Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan.

The first courses were just a warm-up act, though.

Like any good show, there was a warm-up act.

Madonna describes it, almost, as a warm-up act for her movie about the royals.

Billy Crystal's return as the Oscars host, it turns out, was just a warm-up act.

But to Square, that's all been just a warm-up act.

As a warm-up act for the women, their competition turned into a comedy of errors.

But, as many writers implied, Osborne was just a warm-up act for David Cameron.

Nor did Lazio deserve to be relegated to the status of a warm-up act.

They will be a warm-up act for the festival's closer, Neil Young.

Now it's clear that this was only a warm-up act.