Sentence examples for incisive act from inspiring English sources

Aside from his one incisive act in this one decisive moment, however, Boyd did not accomplish much in his 45-plus minutes.

Lyrics that start out routine turn incisive and surreal.

Incisive and sharp-witted, Ms. Dunn acts as a sounding board for Mr. Obama and his campaign.

Tolomeo, excitingly sung and vigorously acted by the incisive countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, pondered his life's currents while peering into a goldfish bowl, with a swordfish dangled overhead.

From Act II on, Mr. Levine elicited an incisive, inexorably paced and luminous performance from the great Met orchestra.

Passes in football can be described as "probing", "incisive" and "audacious", but no commentator has ever called the act of one player kicking the ball to a team-mate as "invasive".

(Woolfe) ★ 'Il Sogno di Scipone' (Wednesday) The increasingly invaluable Gotham Chamber Opera celebrates its 10th anniversary with a revival of its first production: Mozart's dazzling, rarely heard one-act "Il Sogno di Scipone," directed by the incisive, searching Christopher Alden (of City Opera's new "Così Fan Tutte").

In Act I only Teresa Reichlen's performance as Hippolyta was incisive.

Acted with fiery feeling by a superb cast, and directed with incisive clarity by Leah C. Gardiner, the play unfolds as a series of taut, brief scenes separated by blackouts and the occasional throb of music.

There's comfort, I find, in the methods employed in the world of Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe -- careful observation, an incisive way with words, quiet restraint in the face of deceitful and irredeemable acts.

In this heartfelt, incisive 1993 discussion of Cassavetes by one of his crucial collaborators, Peter Falk — who acted under his direction in "Husbands" and "A Woman Under the Influence" and with him in "Mikey and Nicky," directed by Elaine May — goes into some of the particulars of the convergence of his art and his life.