Sentence examples for showmanship from from inspiring English sources

Jones learned showmanship from his father, Pat.

I got my showmanship from Dad.

But the daughters had at least inherited the skill of showmanship from their fathers.

There was squealing showmanship from Claude Deppa (trumpet); focused melodic bass from Dankworth; Andy Sheppard's trademark honk; and Jason Yarde's richly influenced ideas.

For me, the most unexpected part of the group's performance is the showmanship, from the staged entrance of Hancock to his final disappearance in a puff of smoke.

That Mr. Foreman always extracts such joyous showmanship from this gloomy premise is one of the continuing miracles of contemporary New York theater.

He had been playing the blues since his teens, and he borrowed both guitar riffs and showmanship techniques from blues player T-Bone Walker, as well as taking guitar lessons from his friend Ira Harris that laid the foundation for his guitar style.

Mercer's role as front man feels more like maintenance than performance, and most of the showmanship came from the new guitarist, Jessica Dobson.

Elegant delivery aside, Aldridge did not stint on showmanship, travelling from town to town in a fancy carriage and indulging freely in public-relations hokum.

Amid a heady mix of high-tech, flat-paneled display wizardry and more than a little razzle-dazzle of Hollywood showmanship, executives from the Watson program laid out, more specifically, their vision for the future of artificial intelligence's big brother.

He had the native blend of showmanship and come-from-behind attitude, even though he was bred in Kentucky by a barkeep and bought at auction for $17,500 by a hard-partying gang of four (a logger, a stewardess, a veterinarian, and his wife).