crowning stroke

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Fate had the crowning stroke though still to give, for the young mother, agonized by this loss, was seized with a fatal inflammation of the brain.

From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

To this condensed account of Byron’s strategy we must add the crowning stroke of policy which transmitted this warfare to his friends, to be continued after his death.

From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Stout thruster, in the push you have no peer, Yet more supremely brilliant This crowning stroke of progress toward the rear, This strong recoil from which with heartened cheer We hope to bound resilient.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917 by Various

The arrangement of the Mounteney property was the crowning stroke of Mr. Stapylton Toad's professional celebrity.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But the crowning stroke came on Easter Sunday, the most sacred day of the Greek Church.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin