chef-d'oeuvre

Example Sentences

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I recommend steering clear of any non-melty cheese like feta or Parmesan — try sprinkling those over the top of your chef d'oeuvre instead for a crunchy, golden lid.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

Cummings is the librarian who assisted him in researching his chef d’oeuvre, 1997’s “American Pastoral.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2021

This cliffhanger-packed mystery features a ghoulish killer, the eerie Green Archer, and is Wallace’s criminous chef d’oeuvre, enthusiastically praised by both the Sherlockian Vincent Starrett and the polymath Martin Gardner.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2019

You’ve probably forgotten about this, but seven years ago, Glenn Close unveiled her chef d’oeuvre.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018

Compared with this chef d'oeuvre, their Last Suppers are mere exhibitions of well-drawn, draped, or colored figures, in studiously varied attitudes, which excite no emotion beyond the admiration due to these qualities.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.