chef-d'oeuvre
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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
With the iron hams, the piscatory phenomenon referred to in my last, and a can of really excellent oysters, Ned's birthday dinner was a chef-d'oeuvre.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith
"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 marvels of French travel, no more than the chefs-d'oeuvre of French literature, are unlimited.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
Or hotels of granite and iron? or any chefs-d'oeuvre of engineering, forts, armaments?
From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael
The lions of Horbeit may be reckoned among the chefs-d'oeuvre of Egyptian statuary.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
These are covered with statues and bass-reliefs, many of the former being in a state of dilapidation which, considering the extreme hardness of the stone, indicates great age, while others are true chefs-d'oeuvre.
From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette
