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

Mookie Betts stepped on second and fired the ball to first to put the finishing touch on what might have been the greatest Game 7 ever played, four hours and seven minutes after it began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

As a finishing touch, we arranged cotton bolls on the boughs to look like snow, something we had all heard about but never seen.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly