Sentence examples for act of performing from inspiring English sources

There is an element of drag culture in Gaignard's practice, both in the act of performing femininity and the kitschy style in which the performance is executed.

Jed Resnick continued his high-wire act of performing and studying, and awaited word from Yale.

Now, although he would become somewhat animated in the act of performing, he would fall back into his depression almost as soon as the show was over.

Ms. Lewis said that for her course, which will be offered through Class in March, she wants to explore the feeling of being "inside the act" of performing.

"On one level, North Korean society is so centered on the act of performing – in both literal and proverbial senses – that I half-jokingly call the whole country the world's biggest and longest performance," he said.

Not standard beauty, obviously, but a beauty of commitment and absorption: Mr. McCarthy's absorption in the act of performing and conceiving the work, and our absorption, reluctant or otherwise, in his crazy activities.

Searle also introduced the notion of an indirect speech act, in which the speaker performs one kind of speech act by means of performing another.

He admits he is a better writer than singer, but the very act of occasionally performing his song for the crowds seemed an act of revenge, rendered small.

He has the dual satisfaction of performing an act of conscience and spite, as he was sure he and his wife would never hear the end of this.

ThIs articlikeriginally appeared on VICE US.

Their entire argument was a spontaneous act of theater performed for the benefit of other passengers.