- superlative of fine.
finest
Example Sentences
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"When I looked back, the school was standing there like the finest of buildings, and in five minutes, everything collapsed," Dawadi recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Patricia Hitchcock regarded “Notorious”—Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains—as her father’s finest, and one can see why.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“California built the finest public higher education system in the world,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Amy Hunt, winner of four golds at the European Championships earlier this month, found things tougher against some of the world's finest 100m runners.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Leonardo, together with his cousin Enzo da Vinci, the finest stonemason in the world, were hailed as the greatest architects of their day; experts in the building of the most sophisticated fortifications and city walls.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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