How to Use performance in a Sentence

performance

noun

• The critics loved her performance as the villain.
• The hall is usually used for orchestra performances.
• This evening's performance will start at 8 o'clock.
• The gas additive improves engine performance.
• We've introduced new performance levels.
• A supervisor will evaluate each employee's performance.
• Employees are given an annual performance assessment.
• That, in a way, is the key to his performance.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
• All the guys back home will know about this performance.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
• My mind doesn’t go first to the plot or the performances.
  — Nicole Hockley, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
• And that was quite a performance.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
• That comes across in the performance.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
• Kenya’s performance is not that good.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
• This roast performance was just sad.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
• The performance will be live streamed.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
• And just the challenge of a new kind of performance for me.
  — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
• The huge performance of the first film led to six sequels.
  — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
• There are so many amazing performances in the whole cast.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
• But, when the matter of loss comes up, there is no sense of performance.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• Michel wasn’t able to reach the same peak performance for the rest of his career.
  — Conor Roche, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• Why do some performances break through but not others?
  — Naomi Jeffries, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
• That’s above three of his four performances this season.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
• Ye gave a rare smile throughout the performance.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2026
• Won the silver with a gold-medal performance.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Maybe their best performance of the season.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
• In a lot of ways, his performance set the atmosphere for the main event.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
• The result is one of the most compelling performances of the year.
  — Nick Clement, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
• There’s no sense of performance between them.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
• On the mound, Texas turned in its worst performance of the season.
  — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
• Growth Units do not have data on past performance so that makes no sense.
  — Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025