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

In short, in an instant, he brought forth a true chef-d'oeuvre of malice.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831 by Various

"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

The picture-gallery contains many chefs-d’oeuvre; and I regretted that I had not more time to examine it and the hall of antiquities, having only three hours for the two.

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer

Or hotels of granite and iron? or any chefs-d'oeuvre of engineering, forts, armaments?

From Poems By Walt Whitman by William Michael Rossetti

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

He industriously studied the chefs-d'oeuvre of the old painters.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various