Sentence examples for proved a star from inspiring English sources

One of the boys, Paul Ryder, proved a star soloist as well in a charming duet with Tamara Matthews, the lead soprano.

In a lively cast, the Irish soprano Claudia Boyle as Mabel, bringing a sherbert tang to her crazy coloratura, proved a star.

A record by choristers at the Escorial monastery (Escolania del Monasterio de El Escorial; Panis Angelicus) proved a star product.This interest in music has spread to Spain's Muslim and Jewish traditions.

And then there was the elective mute at another school who spoke to her teacher for the first time to ask to audition for a place in a film they were making, and who has since proved a star performer.

This Is Our Youth has proved a star-maker of a play, and Gyllenhaal's fellow actors in that production included Star Wars' Hayden Christensen and Anna Paquin, now best known for True Blood.

In what should surely prove a star-making engagement, Ms. Righter sang with rich tone, focus and agility, and assumed her character with a buoyant physicality and impetuousness.

Kerry Godliman Derekk' might prove a star-making role for character actress Kerry Godliman, who plays Hannah, the care-home manager with a big heart, and, if so, it won't be the first time that an actor has made his or her name in a Ricky Gervais sitcom.

And second, lead actor Denzel Washington has consistently proved a bigger star in the US.

24 Best Startup Founders The Winner is: Deliveroo's founders Will Shu and Greg Orlowski Will Shu co-founded Deliveroo in August 2012 with Greg Orlowski and since then they have proved a rock-star team, scaling a high-growth business and introducing new thinking to the market.

A slender, gregarious woman with roots in Taiwan, Kyin had left her consulting job and was in the middle of a yearlong worldwide adventure that had proved a bit star-crossed.

Though the unfamiliarity of the material made this a tough gig ("I'm so pleased you haven't been able to buy the album yet," she said, "because then you'd know what a terrible mess I just made of that last number"), Faith proved herself a star.