Sentence examples for performed jumping from inspiring English sources

They performed jumping jacks in front of Antonio Canova's marble "Perseus with the Head of Medusa," did squats in front of John Singer Sargent's elegant "Madame X," and stretched their arms before Augustus Saint-Gaudens's towering bronze statue of Diana — who, as the musical accompaniment suggested, is more than a woman (she's a goddess).

Instead, skaters will perform jumping passes one after the other, trying to impress judges and rack up points.

Others try to anticipate his moves but are often left performing jumping jacks in vain, staggering off balance or twisting into a human pretzel.

Occasionally Mr. Speciale would halt the action and require the actors to perform jumping jacks or run in place before resuming.

The guards' violence escalated, and prisoners were made to clean toilets with their bare hands and perform jumping jacks and pushups beyond their endurance.

Try going for a quick jog or perform jumping jacks to get the blood flowing.

Francine E. Garrett had performed jumps and back flips atop the balance beam perhaps 1,000 times with smooth landings.

They also performed jumps and stunts, built pyramids, and executed elaborate tumbling passes, whether at sporting events or in cheerleading competitions.

In one passage Therese Plaehn recites a segment from an essay describing the life of a bathroom attendant — Wallace is both empathetic and repulsed, and his descriptive powers reach a pitch of almost nauseating evocativeness — while performing jumping jacks.

Weir and Lipinski are correct that it is far less challenging to perform jumps alone than to integrate several jumps into an aerobic performance that incorporates other difficult elements, all while demonstrating artistic panache.

It helps that ice dancers, unlike singles and pairs skaters, do not perform jumps.