pièce de résistance
Example Sentences
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But this was O'Neill's piece de resistance - his moment, his day.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
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
“Literally ‘pot luck,’ I mean, for the piece de resistance will be two huge pots of baked beans.”
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
