Sentence examples for quintessential performance from inspiring English sources

"There's no quintessential performance of the Writer or Tye or Nightingale or Jane.

If an essential component of performance is its ephemerality, Mr. Whitman was the quintessential performance artist.

The dialogue and gags are lightning fast, and the brilliantly timed mirror pantomime scene (in which Harpo mimics Groucho's every move, pretending to be a mirror) is widely cited as the quintessential performance of the classic vaudeville routine.

Fizzy, lush and confident, it was a quintessential Mozart performance.

That he's played by Brad Pitt giving the quintessential Brad Pitt performance just seals the deal.

The Cardinals' win over the Phillies in Game 2 on Sunday, for instance, seemed a quintessential La Russa performance, full of subtle calculation and bold action.

Bernard King's 60 points against the Nets in 1984 might be the quintessential Christmas performance, but it was lessened some by a Knicks loss.

THE stage was set for the quintessential macho performance: three charcoal grills, assorted long-handled forks and tongs out on a wooden deck at the back of a house.

Taking the kid to the race track; somehow making an ensemble of camouflage shorts, white socks and sandals look cool; and convincing us that, yes, maybe saints surround us... it adds up to a quintessential Bill Murray performance.

Bay also got the quintessential Shia LaBeouf performance in "Transformers," his manic, sweaty charms forever encased in the film's amber.

The flock that filled the park on Sunday night was rewarded with roughly two hours of quintessential Sonny Rollins: a performance that surged, flagged and ultimately prevailed.