- present participle of crown.
crowning
Example Sentences
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Should their attention be all on Tadej's Pogacar's crowning as the joint most successful rider of all time, with five Tour titles?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Putting him on the almighty dollar would be the crowning achievement of these efforts.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fittingly, Noskova's crowning glory watched by Czech-born Martina Navratilova - a nine-time singles champion - and one of her idols Petra Kvitova, who won in 2011 and 2014.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
The modish bonnet with curling white feathers seemed to her uncle a crowning affront.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
