Sentence examples for reluctant performance from inspiring English sources

The juror said her sympathies lay with Ms. Thurman, who during a day of emotional testimony read long passages of Mr. Jordan's letters out loud, as if giving a reluctant performance, while Mr. Jordan stared straight ahead, trying not to look at her.

A reluctant performer, Sorabji played a few of his works in public between 1920 and 1936, thereafter "banning" performances of his music until 1976.

Companies with proprietary technology have been reluctant to provide performance data.

And she was reluctant for her performance in Call the Midwife to overshadow those of the rest of the cast, not capitalising on her role in the press.

Rather, it's because even good teachers are reluctant to adopt performance-based measures out of a fear that they'll be used capriciously or inappropriately.

Cameron was reluctant to discuss the performance of the agency's chairman Lord Smith, pointedly praising its hard working frontline staff.

One reason for this sense of drift is that too many important ANC officials have been implicated in serious crime and are reluctant to improve the performance of the police, at whatever level.

Both show "grants management in Wales is weak, lessons are rarely learnt and funders seem reluctant to tackle poor performance".

So, the result is what you would expect of anyone holding a post they were reluctant to take: mediocre performance.

Though the full album is yet to be recorded, and Erskine is understandably reluctant to share live performances recorded on iPhones, the demos are a promising array of upbeat funk, indie and folk.

However, the hydrogen fueling industry in the United States has been reluctant to implement the performance-based option because the perception is that the required effort is cost prohibitive and there is no guarantee that the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) would accept the results.