showpiece

Example sentences from the Web for showpiece

• This, for forty years, was a showpiece throughout Europe and even in America.

  The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

• It shook upon its platter like the showpiece in any caterer's window.

  Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy

• He had selected an extract from Webster—the reply to the Hayne—and this was the showpiece of the afternoon.

  Bound to Rise|Horatio Alger