trial performance
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
As post-conviction lawyers who now represent Carruthers have said, his trial performance was “singularly inept, ineffective, and disastrous.”
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Porte, a Tasmanian, revealed his form at Paris-Nice in March, clinching the title with a masterful time trial performance, and finished runner-up at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2013
According to entertainment industry magazine Variety, Disney Theatrical Productions hosted an in-house trial performance last month at its New Amsterdam theatre, which has been dark since Mary Poppins shuttered in March.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
A musical friend, gifted with mediocre but marketable abilities, supplied Tony with a song, for which he obtained a trial performance at an East End hall.
From When William Came by Saki
If only the director could be induced to allow a trial performance to be given under Mendelssohn's conducting!
From Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson
