Sentence examples for made a calling from inspiring English sources
Mr. Gerstein has made a calling card of Oliver Knussen's superb 2010 piece "Ophelia's Last Dance," which was composed for him.
Given the disjunctions between stage and orchestra, designers and director, the singers had trouble making an impact, with the exception of the coolly, completely confident baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, who has made a calling card of the Don.
The mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, who has made a calling card of the title role in recent years, portrays the haunted daughter of King Agamemnon affectingly — an intense, vulnerable and vocally lustrous performance.
In Washington, Ms. Gillibrand has made a calling card of transparency, posting a "Sunlight Report" on her Congressional Web site that lists her meetings with lobbyists as well as the names of those seeking government grants known as earmarks.
Much as the comparably young Pacifica String Quartet has made a calling card of Elliott Carter's treacherously difficult string quartet works, the Parker has advocated for Ligeti's two mature quartets in both formal and casual concert settings, and on an admirable recent Naxos CD.
For decades, and at great personal risk, Vollmann has made a calling and a career of mixing with people whom most of us avoid and of listening, at length, to the unheard, whom he typically, and appropriately, pays to speak to him.
He made a call on his mobile.
He made a call: "I'm clear".
She immediately made a call.
