magnum
Example Sentences
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“I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said.
From Washington Post
French champagne maker Moët & Chandon is marketing a coronation magnum, noting that the winery has supplied the royal household since Victorian times.
From Washington Post
“Bill completed the first half of his Johnny Carson book, his magnum opus, and it was a masterpiece,” his friend and Esquire colleague Robert Kurson told the Chicago Sun-Times.
From Washington Post
I’ve just completed a novel about eight translators who gather to translate an author’s magnum opus.
From Los Angeles Times
In his magnum opus, “Chekhov‘s Plays: An Opening Into Eternity,” he locates the Russian playwright’s spiritual vision in the details and decision of his art.
From Los Angeles Times
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