Sentence examples for perilous performance from inspiring English sources

Many may chastise the Brits for being too safe, but this year's ceremony was capped off by a perilous performance by Madonna, who fell from the stage during her rendition of new single Living For Love.

How much more evidence do we need that the coaches do not pay attention and should be eliminated from the B.C.S. ranking than their insistence on keeping Miami in the top spot despite a sloppy and perilous performance against 1-8 Rutgers?

For a few perplexing moments after the stage lights came up for the band's show Thursday at the Universal Amphitheatre, though, it appeared that Tool--masters of raw, no-frills rock--had plunged into the perilous realm of performance art.

Where the group's previous traversal had the feeling of a grand yet perilous journey, the performances on Wednesday had an air of confirmed mastery.

Gypsy Joe's music is safe as art but perilous if considered mercenary performance.

By Rebecca Davis O'Brien October 16, 2013 For a gawky, impulsive, twelve-year-old girl who badly wants to be seen as both beautiful and funny, there are few occasions more perilous than a school performance.

Shadowing a successful company may mean you'll always be the second mover -- a potentially perilous strategy for long-term performance.

Calhoun sustained a perilous balance familiar to most performance-makers, being always on the verge of success and thus also always at the edge of failure and she did so for nearly fifty years.

We are in a perilous position, but there were positives from that performance.

In yet another sign of these perilous automotive times, General Motors has closed its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit (HPVO), which created such products as the V-Series Cadillacs, the Chevrolet Cobalt SS and the HHR SS small panel truck.

And Mr. Besner's performance of "Steep Steps" (2001), with its perilous leaps of a 12th, was a highlight of the Thursday afternoon program.