crowning blow
Example Sentences
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As a crowning blow, my “good” ear on the left had also been damaged.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021
Then he belted a three-run homer that was the crowning blow on a miserable night for the Yankees.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2015
Stephen Drew delivered the crowning blow, a two-run homer.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2015
The crowning blow had fallen when his younger brothers, led by the openly contemptuous Prince Talal, tongue-lashed him last year in private family council.
From Time Magazine Archive
He seemed to be sinking under this last crowning blow.
From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane
