piece de resistance
Example Sentences
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France looked effortlessly cool throughout in the sweltering Seville heat - the piece de resistance of that all-timer of a home kit.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
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
It is lovely over a salad, atop avocado toast, or — of course — in Eggs Benedict, arguably the piece de resistance of poached egg dishes.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
"I've told you all the news about the fashions, the salon, the plays, the opera, all the scandals of Paris I can remember but you'll never guess my piece de resistance."
From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
