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
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)
The travelers could distinguish clearly cones, central hills, remarkable positions of the soil, naturally placed to receive the chefs-d'oeuvre of Selenite architecture.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
Why do we not fall in love with the chefs-d'oeuvre of the sculptor?
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
Mauprat was published in 1837, and is undoubtedly the first of her chefs-d'oeuvre.
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys
