trial performance
Example Sentences
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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
I remember you both took the first spin with me in my auto, the Whirlwind, and now here you are all ready for the trial performance of the motor boat.
From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret
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
