ne plus ultra
Example Sentences
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The ne plus ultra, though, was the Bullocks Wilshire tea room.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Here is a top-notch Italian bubbly and a sublime grower champagne that shows why that region is the ne plus ultra of sparkling wine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
Offering up the ne plus ultra of overexposure, Bennifer 2.0, Ms. Adams said: “They tweeze their chin, it’s in the paper. It doesn’t matter. They have several P.R. people. Several.”
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021
“The days are over when getting on the cover of Vanity Fair was the ne plus ultra of public recognition. Now it’s more like the icing on the cake.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2019
That man is a “cooking animal” is considered one of his proudest attributes, and a proper bill of fare may be considered as the ne plus ultra of human genius!
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
