piece de resistance
Example Sentences
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But this was O'Neill's piece de resistance - his moment, his day.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Welcome to Earth One, the piece de resistance at CalEarth, an educational campus and nonprofit organization in Hesperia that, for the last three decades, has championed a building style known as the SuperAdobe.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
But the piece de resistance was most certainly the bacon jam.
From Salon • May 21, 2024
In a procession all their own, the group trooped to the village store for the piece de resistance, installing the crown atop the post box out front.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023
Ballooning had been carried out both as a form of sport and also by the showman as a Saturday afternoon's sensational entertainment, with a parachute descent as the piece de resistance.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
