apotheosis

Example Sentences

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Designed around vehicular, rather than pedestrian, traffic, Brasília represented an apotheosis for modernist urban planning.

From New York Times

And the apotheosis of Biggie and Tupac — only six and seven years dead — left virtually all remaining aspirants vying for third place.

From New York Times

Another one has come to play on the court that turns him into an apotheosis of his sport, and to protect this place as his personal kingdom.

From New York Times

With the announcement of the third Paris lockdown last month to try to control the spread of the coronavirus, an apotheosis of the absurd was reached.

From New York Times

Pulling grimaces, falling backwards into the security staff, he simultaneously parodies the trope of the "rock guitar hero" while providing a textbook example of it in action – antithesis and apotheosis in one.

From Salon