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.
• The result is one of the most compelling performances of the year.
  — Nick Clement, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
• Michel wasn’t able to reach the same peak performance for the rest of his career.
  — Conor Roche, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• The singer was in the area for two back-to-back performances in Orange Beach.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 29 May 2023
• For season three, Bareilles wrote the song that Dawn sings at the end of the group’s tour performance.
  — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2024
• Back on the road, the Q4’s performance is brisk, with about 295 hp with boost engaged.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2022
• But, when the matter of loss comes up, there is no sense of performance.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• For the performance, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was dressed in a tuxedo and top hat.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
• Pruning to promote a healthy plant is the best place to start for long-term plant performance.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
• There’s the band that’s playing in the pit, but nobody else is editing the performance.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
• The Great North is about even with its on-air performance from last season.
  — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
• The three-day event, Feb. 10-12, will include a performance by pop icon Boy George.
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
• Jesse Plemons picked up the best actor award at Cannes for his performance in the film.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• Huge performance from pitcher Devin Miller with the season on the line.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
• The Saints looked good last week with a solid defense and a turnover-free performance by Derek Carr.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Yet the wind above the field did not explain OSU’s poor rushing performance on it.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
• There’s even a beauty in the uniqueness of each performance.
  — Alex Gardner, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
• Viewers were left to grow bored with static, wide shots of the performance.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 July 2024
• Wood’s performances have ensured him a spot in so many teams.
  — Rory Smith, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
• Small caps also tend to trail the performance of the broader market.
  — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
• What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Videos of the performance have drawn millions of views online.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• Herzig wrote code to project individual-player performances based on data sets of past statistics, and used a solver program in Excel that took Herzig’s projections and spit out an optimal fantasy lineup.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025
• Past performance gives no indication of future results.
  — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 5 June 2025