Sentence examples for her forerunners from inspiring English sources

Unlike all her forerunners, she was neither South African, nor an insider, nor a man.

What Ms. Belluci lacks that her forerunners had in abundance is an innate gregariousness.

Unlike her forerunners, Ms. Fleming has had no ready-made forum for her conquests.

Ms. Camblin also pays overt homage to her forerunners, like the writers Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange.

Although Irie finds no reflection of herself in England or its art, Zadie Smith herself is steeped in her forerunners.

Unlike her forerunners Becky Sharp and Lizzie Eustace, who ruthlessly elbowed their way into wealthy aristocratic society, Blair already has all the money and position anyone could want.

Ozick is also, like her forerunner, unafraid of adverbs: "It was punishingly painstaking...."...

Like her forerunner, Miss Tabor started out singing with English folk groups and branched out as a soloist.

But if she captures Lee's sultriness, she lacks her forerunner's snap of swing, and her functional piano and bass backup is too skimpy for the occasion.

Her show, "Remembering Mabel Mercer," which has three more performances through Dec. 27 at Danny's Skylight Room, is devoted entirely to songs associated with her forerunner.

Her voice has a similar blend of steel and honey as that of her forerunner, but a bit less warmth, and her timbre is slightly thinner than that of Broadway's reigning ingénue, Kelli O'Hara, whom she replaced in "South Pacific".