Sentence examples for performed the impossible from inspiring English sources

Mr. Haller proclaimed: "You performed the impossible.

When his uncle scoffed at the idea, Han Xiang performed the impossible before his uncle's eyes: flowers suddenly appeared in bloom from a clod of earth.

Leicester performed the impossible last season as a late revival saw them secure Premier League safety, and the Foxes will hope to achieve the same feat in 2015/16, albeit much sooner in the year.

If Terry Mazany, the interim chief of Chicago Public Schools, is no longer chief upon the arrival of a new mayor, he can at least claim to have performed the impossible: shortening the school day.

Somehow Mr. Owens performed the impossible task of showing something new on this rollicking runway — fringe swinging at the hem of a tunic, which might be sliced with silvered zippers; mesh inserted in the sleeves of a coat to reveal the upper arm.

Carmelo Anthony appears to perform the impossible in a Nike commercial.

In other words, when U.S. News asks a university president to perform the impossible task of assessing the relative merits of dozens of institutions he knows nothing about, he relies on the only source of detailed information at his disposal that assesses the relative merits of dozens of institutions he knows nothing about: U.S. News.

For his most recent run of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David, below, performed the seemingly impossible and reunited the cast of "Seinfeld".

Michel performed the hitherto impossible feat of crystallizing the membrane-bound protein complex to a pure crystalline form, thus making it possible to determine the protein's structure atom-by-atom by means of X-ray diffraction techniques.

Only Marina, it is decided, can perform the mission impossible — come home with evidence that will satisfy both parties.

Pauleta, Portugal A livewire throughout, Pauleta performed the interesting - and perhaps impossible - feat of running rings round the Polish defence and tying them in knots.