How to Use conductor in a Sentence

conductor

noun

• Metal is a good conductor of electricity.
• And Francesca wants to become a conductor herself one day.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
• Cate Blanchett's ferocious turn in the title role, a fictional world-renowned conductor, is one of the year's most stunning.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• After a while, the conductor, Scott Jones, stops them, the thin point of his baton dropping below his wire-frame glasses.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• He himself is represented in moving pictures as a conductor.
  — Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
• As the crowd spots the conductor, the volume inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall surges.
  — Ed Leibowitz, Time, 17 Oct. 2022
• This conductor had such an effect on me that suddenly drumming and jazz drumming just became everything, like life or death, and so a certain kind of work ethic comes from that that might not otherwise have been there.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
• Star Cate Blanchett, for whom the film was written, gives perhaps the best performance of her career as the world-famous conductor Lydia Tár.
  — Elaina Patton, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2022
• Jaap van Zweden, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, wears all black, which draws attention to his expressive gray eyes.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 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
• 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
• The conductor urged everyone to get out to avoid getting stuck.
  — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024