1.   Even when there is no one to conduct, his hands float up from the keys to shape a phrase in air.

2.   It was so exciting to be able to live in music again, to make split-second decisions about how to shape a phrase.

3.   Santora shaped his phrases thoughtfully, and the players responded to his clear, graceful gestures.

4.   Schiff is a pianist of unerring taste, producing consistently beautiful tone and shaping phrases with magisterial grace.

5.   She can shape pianissimo phrases with subtlety.

6.   She was able to correct pitches exactly and shape phrases from memory.

7.   The expressions do not change much even after he repeats the poem in English, his Yorkshire accent softly shaping the phrases.

8.   This affects how the music is played, the ways phrases are shaped and stressed, even how a performance is structured.

9.   Though her sound tends to be bright, she is capable of shaping lyrical phrases with warmth and suppleness.

10.   When she contained her voice and shaped delicate phrases in her middle range, her singing had poignancy and beauty.