crowning blow
Example Sentences
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As a crowning blow, my “good” ear on the left had also been damaged.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021
Then he belted a three-run homer that was the crowning blow on a miserable night for the Yankees.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2015
Stephen Drew delivered the crowning blow, a two-run homer.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2015
The crowning blow had fallen when his younger brothers, led by the openly contemptuous Prince Talal, tongue-lashed him last year in private family council.
From Time Magazine Archive
In other words, the idea was to be his own, as well us the crowning blow.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred
