Sentence examples for put-on enthusiasm from inspiring English sources

There is the purring mania of her Penelope, who compulsively one-ups everyone in the room; the shimmering, put-on enthusiasm of a TV personality giving away millions of dollars for a home redo; the implacable complacency of the financial adviser Suze Orman, forefingers raised, dropping hints of her own wealth while giving advice to the hard-pressed.

If he's putting on his enthusiasm for art, he's making a pretty good go of it.

"There aren't brakes being put on the enthusiasm and overreaching of the experts," he said.

The three- and four-hour wait that was supposed to put a damper on enthusiasm never materialized.

Nevertheless, Mr. Stern, too, predicted that this would not put a damper on enthusiasm for the voucher approach.

They're working with untrained radio heads, putting an emphasis on enthusiasm and application and not sweating the technical stuff.

Part of his secret is his all-inclusive "Let's put on a show!" enthusiasm.

Spiritually, it's as if Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland had returned to put on a show; enthusiasm is the key.

But filmmakers are learning that it takes more time -- and more innovative thinking -- to resuscitate a genre than last year's let's-put-on-a-show enthusiasm suggested.

Yet they are just kids, after all, infected by the same "let's put on a show" enthusiasm that motivated Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.

Beyond agitprop, Ms. Berner's continuing internal campaign has included some let's-put-on-a-show enthusiasm and some merciless cost-cutting.