crowning touch
Example Sentences
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It's the Spirit of Ecstasy, the Rolls-Royce's crowning touch.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022
There’s no need to defrost, because frozen pastry bakes up beautifully crisp and flaky, making it the crowning touch for a cold-weather favorite.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022
When Cameron first meets his clone, the welter of apprehension, curiosity and concern is apparent on Cameron’s face, but Ali’s crowning touch is Jack’s faint expression of sympathy toward the man he will replace.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
In a crowning touch, Gordon attached a canister to the front of the secretary, and in it he placed a small scrap of a flag bearing a star.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2018
He spied the ascot beneath the flight jacket, the cartridge belt criss-crossing his torso, the Bowie knife, and the crowning touch, a World War I Von Richtofen flying cap.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
