Sentence examples for challenging works from inspiring English sources

FOR decades now auction houses have sold challenging works of art.

Alongside purely functional vessels (ancient amphora, a pretty 18th-century Sèvres tea set), The Pot Book includes challenging works by young ceramic artists.

Perhaps the most significant work of her later life, however, was Off Broadway, where she performed in challenging works by Mr. Foote ("The Carpetbagger's Children"), John Osborne ("The Entertainer") and Harold Pinter ("Mountain Language," "The Birthday Party") to sterling reviews.

From early hypertext experiments to newer forms such as Flarf and Alt Lit, writers have been scraping digital language and cobbling together challenging works of digitally sourced literature for the better part of four decades.

The new year already has a quickening beat for Michael John LaChiusa, the Tony-nominated composer and lyricist of challenging works of musical theater like Broadway's "Marie Christine" and "The Wild Party".

Heralded as one of the most ambitious productions in the company's history, Opera North's The Queen of Spades opened last Thursday in a season full of high-stake gambles: a partnership with London's Barbican, challenging works by Bellini and Handel, a continuing journey through Wagner's Ring and, next spring, a new staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.

Challenging work topped the list of important factors.

Overhauling schools is challenging work, and experts say few efforts succeed.

Knowing this, actors are drawn to them by the chance to do sustained, challenging work.

Caring for the disabled with autism and cerebral palsy is challenging work, requiring gentleness, strength and imagination.

Achieving a place for progressive statements is challenging work.