Sentence examples for finely tuned performance from inspiring English sources

More welcome, and far from cheap, is the finely tuned performance of John McMartin as Eddie's grandfather.

Mr. Firth was nominated for another finely tuned performance last year, in "A Single Man," but lost to Jeff Bridges, who was overdue.

He captured the visceral thrill (and risk!) of mastering a finely tuned performance machine in unpredictable conditions.

He liked to shoot pistols at a gun range with his friend and next-door neighbor, David Koprivich, perhaps from the same impulse -- an appreciation of finely tuned mechanical performance.

Most traditional VIP cars are already finely tuned for performance, and so traditionally this has not been much of a concern.

There were rapid and subtle changes of expression, his antennae as finely tuned as his performances.

Yet the dialogue is continuously salty, and Hamish Pirie's vigorous production features four finely tuned, effortless-seeming performances.

What is often not said about Lee's portrayal of Dracula is that, away from the operatic terror he brings to the part, there is a great deal of finely tuned pathos in his performance.

The photovoltaic (PV) performance was finely tuned via molecular design.

Even in a performance as finely tuned as this season-opening account from the Philharmonia under its newly extended principal conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, one or two sections felt awkwardly crafted; yet for all its unwieldiness and the routine text by Emile Deschamps that stands in for Shakespeare, the piece contains some of the most electrifying orchestral writing of the entire 19th century.

And the transformation of Suzanne from a sidetracked supernumerary of whimsical eccentricity into a resourceful character of pivotal importance is a joy to behold in one of the most finely tuned, raciest and most gripping performances of Ms. Deneuve's career.