Sentence examples for excessive performance from inspiring English sources

Excessive performance pressure always prevents sex from being exciting, satisfying or truly intimate.

On vacation in the mountains, I found the larger V-8 provided adequate, but not excessive, performance.

The staff members are horrified, and at last Claude, the headwaiter, played by Jonathan Freeman in a delightfully excessive performance (he may have the most expressive jowls in show business), persuades Victor to at least listen to them describe the meal they have prepared for him.

In 2003, the Pentagon's most prestigious advisory panel, the Defense Science Board, issued a study on the acquisition of national-security space programs that criticized the SBIRS program for excessive performance requirements, insufficient funding, and lack of management continuity.

Yet that example works because of the fact it is such an elaborate (and expensive) affair, which makes Homlish question whether a consumer-facing fashion week becomes a series of competitions for the most theatrical and excessive performances.

It lays out a blueprint for addressing three of the most intractable challenges facing college applicants today: excessive academic performance pressure, the emphasis on personal achievement over good citizenship, and the uneven opportunities available to students of varying income levels and backgrounds.

It has also been realized that Cr could alleviate or spare muscle damage and inflammation caused by excessive endurance performance experienced in an ironman competition (Bassit et al. 2008; see also Table  1).

For the statement, "When my workload becomes excessive, my performance is impaired", a lower proportion of physicians and nurses endorsed the 'agree' option; this result achieved statistical significance (39% physicians vs 51% nurses; χ=5.0, p=0.02).

An excessive emphasis on performance can impair execution in another subtle but important way.

There is a wildly excessive, eyeball-swivelling performance from James McAvoy as the driven scientist himself: grinning, gurning and screeching at how visionary and misunderstood he is.

The position supervisor reserves the right to remove students from the service position for poor performance, excessive absences or tardiness, and/or inappropriate behavior or misconduct.