Sentence examples for taking a star from inspiring English sources

Mr. Garcia is one of several local producers fighting to share in the boom in Mexican spirits, with mescal, against all odds, taking a star turn.

Duff was delighted, accusing Lewis's management of "doing a Cecil B DeMille in reverse – taking a star and turning him into an unknown".

Bley's piano playing was "composer's piano," in the tradition of Gil Evans, rarely taking a star turn with a rhythm section.

BEIJING — As President Obama made apologetic calls to Asia to cancel his planned trip to the region, China's leader, Xi Jinping, was taking a star turn in some of the same countries Mr. Obama would have visited.

Now, two years after it reached the quarterfinals of the European championships, the soccer team is taking a star turn, and Blazevic, a friend of President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia, was clearly delighted to have excellent news to report.

The biggest concern among fans and many players is whether special defenses will be implemented for the sole purpose of taking a star like Iverson or O'Neal out of the game.

And it's not just the immediate family taking a starring role.

Only occasionally do they take a star turn.

(It takes a star turn at the Met).

Kenneth Boys takes a star turn with his vivacious (and never condescending) performance.

Whether he can take a star turn in South Africa is a question that will be eagerly anticipated in Mexico.