Sentence examples for spectacular playing from inspiring English sources

His spectacular playing career ended early after a knee injury, and he retired in 1979.

Each had humble starts in their current profession after reasonable, if not spectacular, playing careers.

For sure, Hsing-kuo's Lear looks spectacular, playing the grief-maddened king spotlit in a stone circle of gigantic statues.

Ms. Midler has moved in with her own $10 million spectacular, playing five nights a week for a total of about 100 performances a year for two years.

With the help of the kindly drama teacher (Alyson Reed), a ringer for Mrs. Doubtfire, the students do what Caden Cotard tries to do: they mount a stage spectacular, playing lightly heightened adaptations of themselves.

This era became known as ''Showtime,'' not only for the flamboyant, often spectacular playing style orchestrated by Johnson and polished head coach Pat Riley but also for the courtside presence of Hollywood stars, most notably Jack Nicholson.

Actually it is not so difficult to guess what Washbrook would have thought of this night-time spectacular played out on a building site.

Among the first of these spectacular plays was Apple.

The Connecticut defense did not have spectacular plays, just a lot of good ones.

It was a strange outing, interesting for its narrative shifts, and not for its spectacular play.

McNabb's most spectacular play did not show up on his stat sheet.