- present participle of crown.
crowning
Example Sentences
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Buying a house used to be a crowning achievement after an athlete turned pro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The crowning glory of the collection is arguably the first-ever Flash Gordon comic strip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Should their attention be all on Tadej's Pogacar's crowning as the joint most successful rider of all time, with five Tour titles?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Putting him on the almighty dollar would be the crowning achievement of these efforts.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
I’d have to trust that Madoc had some way of forcing Balekin into crowning him.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
