crowning stroke
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The crowning stroke of ingenuity was a tale that received wide credence among quite intelligent Egyptians.
From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)
To C�sar it fell to put the crowning stroke to that work.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
This was vexing enough, but in the particular circumstances it was a crowning stroke of misfortune.
From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert
But the crowning stroke of feeling is dependent on a circumstance seldom observed.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
But the crowning stroke came on Easter Sunday, the most sacred day of the Greek Church.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
