pièce de résistance
Example Sentences
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But this was O'Neill's piece de resistance - his moment, his day.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But the piece de resistance was most certainly the bacon jam.
From Salon • May 21, 2024
In a procession all their own, the group trooped to the village store for the piece de resistance, installing the crown atop the post box out front.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023
Ermotti may need to persuade Switzerland's authorities that UBS should keep "the piece de resistance," Credit Suisse's domestic bank, said Porta's Wittmann.
From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2023
“Literally ‘pot luck,’ I mean, for the piece de resistance will be two huge pots of baked beans.”
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
