crowning stroke

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This marriage was the crowning stroke of Wordsworth's felicity—the poetic recompense for his steady advocacy of all simple and noble things.

From Wordsworth by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

But the crowning stroke of feeling is dependent on a circumstance seldom observed.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John

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)

I was told that the younger had succumbed to her troubles—in particular to the crowning stroke of misfortune which had deprived her of her only child, a daughter.

From Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands by Gosse, Edmund

This was vexing enough, but in the particular circumstances it was a crowning stroke of misfortune.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert