chefs-d'oeuvre
- plural of chef-d'oeuvre.
Example Sentences
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"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
The marvels of French travel, no more than the chefs-d'oeuvre of French literature, are unlimited.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
Tonight we are to have the opera of 'Iphigenia'—it is one of my magnificent teacher's chefs-d'oeuvre.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
It contains, besides, the St John of Raphael and many other chefs-d’oeuvre of the greatest masters in the world.”
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
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 Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
