crowning

Example Sentences

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Like Furbank, he represents that conveyor belt of Northampton talent, crowning a superb 18 months in which he has debuted for England and the British and Irish Lions.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

In a career that has taken the former London transport boss around the world, delivering a new Penn Station, he says, would be his crowning achievement: “To me, this is the daddy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling successes but also catastrophic failures and unfulfilled promises.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

A giant twist in the series’ penultimate episode, “The Garden,” came with the reveal that the crowning achievement motivating Deborah all season long, a sold-out Madison Square Garden performance, was a cruel illusion.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

From the overarching metal frame crowning each machine, wooden harnesses, carrying hundreds of warp threads drawn from a massive beam at the back of each loom, clanked up and down.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson