ne plus ultra

Example Sentences

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The ne plus ultra, though, was the Bullocks Wilshire tea room.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021

Here is a top-notch Italian bubbly and a sublime grower champagne that shows why that region is the ne plus ultra of sparkling wine.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

It is the ne plus ultra of contemporary hip-hop luxury.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

And “Prisoners of War” is pretty much the ne plus ultra of the genre.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2020

We were also treated to another supper here, which, had we not fared so very sumptuously at Pittsburgh, would have been pronounced the ne plus ultra of feasts.

From Reminiscences of service with the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, and a memorial of Col. George H. Browne by Tillinghast, Pardon E.