Sentence examples for cancel engagements from inspiring English sources

That caused Mr. Luisi to cancel engagements next month in Rome, Genoa, Vienna and San Francisco.

His health, however, was dogged by a recurring kidney ailment so serious that he sometimes had to cancel engagements.

His health, however, was dogged by a recurring kidney ailment, sometimes serious enough to force him to cancel engagements.

Some small ad hoc or pick-up dance groups also had to cancel engagements at downtown theaters in what has been a generally hard time for the art.

He and other popular dancehall reggae acts were forced to cancel engagements last year in Europe and North America after protests by gay groups that their music promoted violence against homosexuals.

And noting that he has been known to cancel engagements that have lost their appeal to him -- specifically, guest conducting visits in Philadelphia -- the tea leaf readers among us assume that his return to the Philharmonic means more to him than a high-profile gig and a chance to enjoy the chill of a New York winter.

Like most artists, he has been affected during recent seasons by recessionary woes, including canceled engagements.

Three months ago, he canceled engagements because of what his doctors described as a sore throat.

She suffered mild strokes in 2001 and 2002 and canceled engagements a few months later because of an undisclosed illness.

Jiřičná said Hadid had seemed ill for some time before she died and had cancelled engagements, complaining of tiredness.

He abruptly canceled engagements with the ever-sensitive upstate Republicans in order to go to the Yankees' home opener.