par excellence
Example Sentences
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He casts himself as a problem-solver and negotiator par excellence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
In her infamous Brisbane speech, Shriver hailed the novelist as cultural appropriator par excellence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Neither her Jane nor Glover’s John are operatives par excellence, which is where the farce creeps in.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
The anti-democratic philosopher par excellence, Nietzsche believed that humanity can only take the next evolutionary leap if a strong leader—the so-called übermensch, or “overman”—exerts his will over the rudderless masses.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
