chef-d'oeuvre

Thirty-five years after "Die Hard" hit theaters, the Bruce Willis vehicle maintains its rep as a chef-d'oeuvre due to its perennial relevance.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023

Frears’ chef-d’oeuvre has everything: accessibly rooted in a true story, it has a powerful but controlled display of emotions, is tempered with poignancy and wit, and has great performances from stars and supporting cast.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance is presenting Mac's chef-d'oeuvre, "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," in a four-show series at the Theatre at Ace Hotel beginning Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018

And though his ability to recollect anything, even his name, is pretty much shot, some ember of ambition lets him hope that his recorded voice will tell him how to finish his chef-d’oeuvre.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2012

“Now you look lovely,” said Zooloo—with her eyes—stepping back and surveying her as a painter might his chef-d’oeuvre.

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"Oh, you're going to be so impressed with me," he coos as he peers at another of his chefs-d'oeuvre.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are enjoying a part of the feast which his science had cooked, and then distributed to his friends to figure as the chefs-d'oeuvre of their own tables.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

Hagen gave a fearful groan as a shell broke into the kitchen behind us, and, bursting in the centre of the stove, sent his chefs-d'oeuvre of cookery sputtering in all directions.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes

I remember that one day you wrote me from Holland: 'I pass my life among chefs-d'oeuvre, but my mind is far away from them.

From His Excellency the Minister by Henri Roberts

Mauprat was published in 1837, and is undoubtedly the first of her chefs-d'oeuvre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Alys Hallard