How to Use conductor in a Sentence

conductor

noun
  • Metal is a good conductor of electricity.
  • The conductor urged everyone to get out to avoid getting stuck.
    Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Leonard Bernstein was her mentor as an emerging conductor.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • His father was a symphony conductor and his mother a concert cellist.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
  • For the first time in its history, the Berlin Philharmonic now has a Jewish chief conductor.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Just seconds after the conductor issued a warning, Klare’s train collided with another commuter train in a high-speed crash.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The orchestra also features six new musicians and a 22-year-old assistant conductor.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Currently, prolific conductor Georg Solti holds the title, with 31 awards under his belt.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Cate Blanchett's performance as a renowned composer and conductor won her a top acting prize from Venice Film Festival last month.
    Lindsey Bahr, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Cate Blanchett’s performance as a renowned composer and conductor won her a top acting prize from the Venice Film Festival last month.
    Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Recording sessions for the score may involve a music coordinator, a conductor, engineers, a producer and a mixer, among others.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Orchestra Noir was established by Rodgers six years ago after a globe-trotting, high-achieving career as conductor, composer, and arranger.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2022
  • If Tran was the restaurant’s star in the kitchen, Lai was the conductor in the dining room.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Willis joins in the singing, moving his arms like a conductor before the big note.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Cate Blanchett is the greatest conductor of our time in Tár.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2023
  • After getting the train stopped, the conductor found a man dead.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 16 Aug. 2024
  • This film, which is a biopic on the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, is not that.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Rosé was the conductor of the Auschwitz women’s orchestra and was in need of a cellist.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The conductor of the classic Napa Valley Wine Train is using the old ride to blaze a new path.
    Danya Bacchus, CBS News, 29 June 2024
  • This is the first of two programs in advance of the September start of the conductor’s five-year contract.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • The conductor is Raphaël Pichon, a countertenor from France.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Aug. 2023
  • During the train ride, the conductor came calling for tickets.
    David Means, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Kyle Adam Blair was the able conductor, doing the most with what Chen provided him.
    Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
  • Classical conductor Sir Georg Solti, who long held the record, died in 1997.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2023
  • That becomes the job of each director, each singer and each conductor.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Beyoncé is just one short of the record for most awards won, held by conductor Georg Solti, with 31 wins.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The conductor Richard Bonynge ranked her among the top four sopranos of the 20th century.
    Jonathan Kandell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The 2018 death of Oliver Knussen, a British composer and conductor.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Active rest The conductor hikes the next day, a trail near Monument, where his epiphany emerged months before.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The process happens because quartz is an insulator, and gold is a conductor.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024

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