Sentence examples for underwhelming display from inspiring English sources

The postponements against Fury and the underwhelming display against Klitschko in Hamburg were poor returns for one of the greatest boxers Britain has produced.

Leeds's poor performance made painful viewing, with Pablo Hernández's stoppage-time consolation strike the only positive from a thoroughly underwhelming display.

Coach Wayne Bennett will have plenty of questions after an underwhelming display ahead of the finals, however the victory does lift Brisbane into fourth on the ladder.

But there was not a smidgeon of the excitement on offer on that searing May afternoon during an underwhelming display from Steve Bruce's team.

The word beforehand was that the job was Flynn's to lose but the 54-year-old's grip on the post will have been severely weakened by this underwhelming display.

Billups, who had only 9 points in an underwhelming display in Game 1, was his assertive, All-Star self in Game 2. He also had 7 assists and no turnovers in 32 minutes while recovering from a hamstring strain sustained in the second round against Orlando.

In contrast to Conte, he continues to oversee underwhelming displays on the international stage and resorted to singling out Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku for ineffective displays.

Tamim Iqbal, subject to scathing criticism in recent times after some underwhelming displays, responded with two fluent hundreds and a 64.

Indeed, there was a level of scepticism to his very arrival given the player's generally underwhelming displays for a Newcastle team that were relegated during his one season on Tyneside.

A point is about all France deserve after two underwhelming displays at this World Cup and, though they could finish their group games with a victory over South Africa, the worry will be that Mexico and Uruguay will draw, enabling both to progress.

The tortured appearance is a result of the high personal standards he sets for himself – a bar he does not lower gently for team-mates – but behind the menacing glare lies an emotionally vulnerable player with a not-unrelated past of underwhelming displays at vital junctures.