piece de resistance
Example Sentences
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Ermotti may need to persuade Switzerland's authorities that UBS should keep "the piece de resistance," Credit Suisse's domestic bank, said Porta's Wittmann.
From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2023
It is lovely over a salad, atop avocado toast, or — of course — in Eggs Benedict, arguably the piece de resistance of poached egg dishes.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
Planners envisioned the tower as the piece de resistance of a full-on economic revitalization with the declared aim of nothing less than “changing the mind-set of Jeddah.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023
She returns for the piece de resistance — the pas de deux of the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier, with its dramatic soaring lifts and fish dives.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022
This is going to be my piece de resistance, my grand stunt.
From Fennel and Rue by Howells, William Dean
