crowning blow

Example Sentences

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As a crowning blow, my “good” ear on the left had also been damaged.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021

Then he belted a three-run homer that was the crowning blow on a miserable night for the Yankees.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2015

Stephen Drew delivered the crowning blow, a two-run homer.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2015

The crowning blow had fallen when his younger brothers, led by the openly contemptuous Prince Talal, tongue-lashed him last year in private family council.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Downing could not bear up against this crowning blow.

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)