Sentence examples for likened performance from inspiring English sources

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Mr. Phillips likened performance driving to surfing, another of his pastimes.

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Krakow likens performing "Philosophy," as recorded, to presenting a work by Messiaen, though performances of classical music are generally interpretations of the original music; tempos, accents, even intentions vary greatly from conductor to conductor, and ensemble to ensemble.

Frank Rich, then the chief drama critic for The New York Times, likened the performance to "a dying volcano, in final, sputtering eruption".

Then, when I was playing Davies in The Caretaker [by Harold Pinter], some critics likened my performance to a kind of lower-class King Lear, so I decided to finally take the plungeMore than one director had asked me to do it, but I chose Michael Attenborough and the Almeida.

His lawyer likened Jones' performance on Infowars to comedian Jon Stewart or conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, saying their work ― like his ― is inflected with satire.

Flandez was not as pleased by Kurt or by the Warblers, who he said had ruined the song and likened his performance to "Jar Jar Binks on acid, with those jerky moves and infantile facial expressions".

In the documentary, Ms. Cyrus likens that performance to the great Video Music Award moments of Ms. Spears, a pneumatic pop idol of a simpler time.

Never was that more true than following Chelsea's defeat at Liverpool last season, when he likened Luiz's performance to "being controlled by a 10-year-old on a PlayStation".

Other Ukip politicians have long distanced themselves from Trump, including the party's sole MP, Douglas Carswell, who likened Trump's performance to Farage's last year in the Kent seat of South Thanet, where he failed to win election to the Commons.

People magazine likened Eastwood's performance to "Luke Skywalker trapped in Dirty Harry's Soul".

The pair likened Pike's performance to those "iconic female screen villains we love to hate" -- Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat," Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct" and Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction".

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