Sentence examples for heroic stage from inspiring English sources

Too long absent from New York's stages, this English actor, much celebrated here for his Tony-winning performance in "Amadeus" 20 years ago, returns to Broadway to serve up an Elysian concoction we get to sample too little these days: a mixture of heroic stage presence, actorly intelligence and rarefied theatrical technique.

They project their own transition from the "illegal, clandestine and heroic phase" to the stage of a "legal, public and intelligent opposition".

At this point Mr. Samuelson's story enters its heroic phase: Ronald Reagan and Paul Volcker stepped onto the stage and seized control of history.

The Manx cyclist said at the start of the Tour he could go about his business without to much attention but after his heroics on stage eight, where he led the race up the punishing Alpe-d'Huez climb, everything changed.

Tait's heroics took centre stage at Trent Bridge after Ten Doeschate had earlier led the side to 187-6 after smashing 82 from just 44 balls.

Berggren's heroics set the stage for what seemed, at the time, to be the game-winning shot.

There was no real luster to the tone nor much heroic stature to the stage presence.

Mr. Hallberg starts the coda with a solo of extraordinarily shimmering delicacy, building up to a more conventional display of heroic jumps around the stage (danced with unconventional finesse).

Assuming that the country holds together, a somewhat heroic assumption at this stage, elections for a new government won't be held until the end of May, which is three months away.

This approach was endorsed by Jewish leaders, who are now left expressing puzzlement and dismay over Benedict's decision to jump the gun and issue a decree proclaiming Pius's "heroic virtues," setting the stage first for beatification, and then canonization.

And this applies especially to the many commemorations of WW2, for that was arguably the last time this nation played a starring and heroic part on the stage of world history.