Sentence examples for monumental performance from inspiring English sources

As the titular leader, Daniel Day-Lewis (bagging his third Oscar) gives a monumental performance – in the sense that he often looks like a living monument, a statue brought to life.

"I guess it was just this monumental performance," she said.

But Ms. Galiana's quietly monumental performance is one for the ages.

"If he turns up at the top of his game it would require a monumental performance to beat him".

Heeding Black's advice, Zaffagnini immediately started planning the monumental performance: a process that took up the entirety of his nights and weekends for the past year.

A week later I saw Cate Blanchett give an equally monumental performance in Botho Strauss's Big and Small at the Barbican.

Arguably his finest work, it also contains monumental performances from Ingrid Thulin as the lesbian intellectual attracted to her sister, Gunnel Lindblom, the mother of the boy who is the catalyst of this genuinely disturbing film.

Arguably his finest work, it also contains monumental performances from Ingrid Thulin (obituary, January 10 2004) as the lesbian intellectual attracted to her sister, Gunnel Lindblom, the mother of the boy who is the catalyst of this disturbing film.

"Coppola's towering film is a worthy winner and clearly its anti-war message, monumental performances and dazzling film-making technique have stood the test of time, making it as relevant to critics today as it was when it won best film at our first awards ceremony 30 years ago".

"We've had many monumental performances this season, some really good home wins, some back-to-back clean sheets.

However, after the heyday of Victorian choral societies, he noted a "rapid and violent reaction against monumental performances ... an appeal from several quarters that Handel should be played and heard as in the days between 1700 and 1750".