well-acted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The production, directed by Elana Luo, is scrupulously well-acted by the four-person cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
And not every fan has been disappointed by the show – on Facebook some ticketholders praised the experience as "well-acted, innovative, exciting and a whole lot of fun".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
Eisenberg’s mousy David is as well-acted as Culkin’s crank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
O'Hara brings weight and pathos to a role that so easily could have been a well-acted but toothless reprisal, and she does so effortlessly.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2024
Petrovitch, as soon as he saw that my cup had been emptied, sat down his own untasted, and, with a well-acted movement of surprise and regret, turned to the Grand Duke.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen
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