finishing touch

Example Sentences

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There’s often softness, too, ingredients that relax into the pot, and finally, a finishing touch, the small flourish that makes the whole thing feel complete.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

"We lacked the finishing touch but had some clear chances... I think the team showed up well, but in both boxes we weren't quite good enough."

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

The Eastern League champions applied the finishing touch on Jauregui’s 12-yard run with 2:03 left.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 18th, putting the finishing touch on one of the weirdest, wackiest, most mind-numbing contests ever staged in the Fall Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit