chef-d'oeuvre
Americannoun
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chefs-d'oeuvre
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chef-d'oeuvre
Borrowed into English from French around 1610–20
Example Sentences
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Thirty-five years after "Die Hard" hit theaters, the Bruce Willis vehicle maintains its rep as a chef-d'oeuvre due to its perennial relevance.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
Frears’ chef-d’oeuvre has everything: accessibly rooted in a true story, it has a powerful but controlled display of emotions, is tempered with poignancy and wit, and has great performances from stars and supporting cast.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance is presenting Mac's chef-d'oeuvre, "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," in a four-show series at the Theatre at Ace Hotel beginning Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Jesse Berger directs this in-the-round presentation of Genet’s identity-bending chef-d’oeuvre.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
The publisher now dead, Rigdon allowed this chef-d'oeuvre to remain in his desk, till, reflecting upon his precarious means, and upon his chances of obtaining a future livelihood, a sudden idea struck him.
From Monsieur Violet by Frederick Marryat
"Oh, you're going to be so impressed with me," he coos as he peers at another of his chefs-d'oeuvre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hagen gave a fearful groan as a shell broke into the kitchen behind us, and, bursting in the centre of the stove, sent his chefs-d'oeuvre of cookery sputtering in all directions.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
Throughout the | Tsin and Sung dynasties it was preserved in the Wa-kwan monastery at Nankin, along with five other statues and three paintings which were esteemed chefs-d'oeuvre.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
Certain it is that the chefs-d'oeuvre of the great poets, of that period, raised me to a state of inspiration of which I had previously no notion.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
Proudhon made a very sharp attack on the candidacy of Louis Bonaparte in a pamphlet which is regarded as one of his literary chefs-d'oeuvre: the "Pamphlet on the Presidency."
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
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