tour de force
Example Sentences
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For one thing, the album’s 14 tracks are a tour de force, a masterpiece of inspired songwriting and musicianship.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It is a tour de force of Yao Xue's PhD thesis work, pairing an innovative approach with exceptional electrophysiological skill."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Metcalf, finding the hidden emotion in Sarah’s burned out inner life, delivered a stripped-down tour de force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Judges praised the "originality, innovation, ambition" of Jolly's work which "confronts a topic of immense complexity in a gripping tour de force".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Lincoln’s speech was a political as well as a literary tour de force, and what was really clever about it—not to mention cheeky—was that he used it, in effect, to game the Constitution.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
