Sentence examples for mediocre performance of from inspiring English sources

In a sacred dance performed at night, the mediocre performance of one dancer who had been "very handsome last year" reminded Murasaki Shikibu "of the fleeting life of us all".

The mediocre performance of American students on international tests seems to show that our schools are doing poorly.

It seems to me that the mediocre performance of Derek Jeter coincides with the arrival of Alex Rodriguez.

Of Chelsea Sorrell's mediocre performance of "Cowboy Casanova," he said: "Carrie Underwood karaoke is not going to fly.' He panned Reed Grimm's strange rendition of "Moves Like Jagger," calling it "Way too kitschy for me, too cabaret".

This time the jolt was provided by the mediocre performance of American high school students, who underperformed not just the Chinese but dozens of other countries in standardized tests of science, math and reading.

The mediocre performance of technology stocks, which soared last year, hurt large-cap growth funds, which gained only 1.51percentt for the first quarter after rising 21.6percentt in 2003.

Most "shortage" proponents point to below-average (or even "mediocre") average performance of American 15-year-old students in international comparisons provided by OECD's PISA exam, and argue that U.S. schools simply are not producing enough graduates capable of majoring in STEM fields.

Mr. Dixon's exit came after his mediocre performance on Wednesday of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and Earth Wind and Fire's "September".

She argues that "positive thinking has made itself useful as an apology for the crueler aspects of the market economy," and she blames overly optimistic thinking for much of what alarms her about this country: the recent housing bubble, the protracted wars, the failure to take climate change seriously, and even Americans' mediocre performance on a barrage of international happiness tests.

THOMAS CHOIR OF MEN AND BOYS -- As usual, New York is awash in mediocre performances of Handel's "Messiah" this month, but the performance here is an old reliable: historically informed, in current jargon, and widely considered the best in New York during most seasons.

And after years of mediocre performances on the international level, United States riders are now beating the best.