Sentence examples similar to first rate performer from inspiring English sources

Initially, he wanted approval; along the way, he became a first-rate performer himself.

When audiences are in the presence of a first-rate performer, it's as if they have been endowed for a couple of hours with X-ray vision.

Ms. Skepple's contortionist stretches are certainly astounding, but Mr. Fagan has also given the audience an undiluted chance to savor the way this first-rate performer inhabits each moment boldly while always remaining in service to the dance.

Julian Draxler, scorer of Wolfsburg's first two goals (the first a delightful team move, the second a stupendous solo run ending with a nonchalant nutmeg and a lobbed finish) and previously said to have been on the radar of Arsenal among others, was the only first-rate performer.

The only identity the Raiders have developed is that of a flaky, second-rate performer; an organisation that holds little pull for players.

"Smokey Joe's" needs nine first-rate performers; this production fell somewhat short.

Without first-rate performers, the ballet is like too much chocolate cake.

The lyrics were interpreted for the deaf by two seated signers who were first-rate performers.

Make no mistake, he said: Wizdom dancers are not second-rate performers.

His plays were showcases for an array of first-rate performers, such as Charles S. Dutton, Samuel L. Jackson, Courtney Vance, Angela Bassett, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Laurence Fishburne.

Even first-rate performers can get a little lost trying to pin down the wings of this wilting butterfly.