How to Use conductor in a Sentence

conductor

noun
  • Metal is a good conductor of electricity.
  • The railroads would prefer only an engineer – and no conductor – in each locomotive.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • James Austin Johnson accurately captures the movie archetype train conductor.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Jaime Cheah, a cell biologist in a crisp lab coat, stood in front of a computer monitor, looking like a conductor in front of a robot orchestra.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
  • It’s all three of those things, and more, but through it all there’s no looking away from Cate Blanchett as the world-class orchestra conductor Lydia Tár.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Second to silver, a rarer and far more expensive metal, copper is the best natural electrical conductor on Earth.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • As the engineer dialed 911, the conductor ran to Cole’s side and used his own belt to tie a second tourniquet around the other leg.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Enter Luis Torres, a subway conductor at the end of his shift and headed to his favorite diner for a Cubano and a beer.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Late conductor Georg Solti held the record for the most Grammy wins until Beyoncé claimed the crown.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The train’s engineer and conductor were uninjured in the crash.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Soon, the conductor stopped by to check tickets and collect breakfast orders.
    Gina Rich, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
  • She’s the conductor of a renowned, unnamed Berlin orchestra, and is at the height of her career — and the pinnacle of the world of classical music.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Mechanics replaced the brake line while Ron Main, the new engineer, and Michael Bobb, the new conductor, waited.
    Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Leading the orchestra will be Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops for the past 28 years.
    cleveland, 20 July 2023

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