command performance

Example Sentences

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“Lee Zeldin’s command performance, despite coming up a little short, and quality candidates who really worked tirelessly in their districts, produced a great win for us,” Rep.-elect Marc Molinaro said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Even during a rote command performance, Morton can be droll and dry, noting that our heroine’s upbringing was “less Disney, more brothers Grimm” and that her gilded paternal bloodline included a dentist.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2022

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was such a fan of the series that she requested the cast give a command performance on Nov. 21, 1988.

From Fox News • Dec. 31, 2021

Then the players — wearing similar street wear attire and using their postgame media availability to try out new material as the NBA’s most fun duo — delivered a command performance off the court.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

I grew tired of it and told her it could have been worse, that Maestro Frederic Chopin had once done the same thing at a command performance for the king and queen of Prussia.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly