piece de resistance
Example Sentences
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As the pièce de résistance, she harnessed herself to a Chevy Silverado — which itself was attached to a food truck trailer — and dragged it 40 feet in 40 seconds.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
If you want to buy a Birkin bag, the pièce de résistance from the French luxury retailer Hermès, you should know that you probably can’t.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Young’s Lutiebelle confrontation with Sanders’ Cotchipee is the production’s pièce de résistance.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
As the pièce de résistance, velvet pumpkins spill out of delicate soup tureens at each place setting.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2023
This was the pièce de résistance of the Moorish dinner-table, the substance on which the ladies chiefly fed and flourished.
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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