tour de force

noun

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plural tours de force\ˌtu̇r-də-ˈfȯrs

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Definition of tour de force

: a feat or display of strength, skill, or ingenuity the movie is a comic tour de force

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Synonyms

deed, exploit, feat, number, stunt, trick

Examples of tour de force in a Sentence

The book is a tour de force. Her performance in the play was a real tour de force.

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Jen Pelka is the tour de force behind San Francisco’s hit institution, the Riddler—a Champagne lounge-bar located in the Hayes Valley district. — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, "A Champagne Lover’s Guide to Hosting a Last-Minute Bastille Day Soirée," 13 July 2018 And Vargas Llosa has published so many novels — 18 in all — that the tours de force can get lost among the mediocrities. — Marcela Valdes, New York Times, "The Elder Statesman of Latin American Literature — and a Writer of Our Moment," 20 Feb. 2018 Image The pool party is a squirmy tour de force embellished with a punctuating zoom and a plangent sense of dread that make Kayla’s isolation feel like alienation. — Bo Burnham, New York Times, "Review: All the Feels, Hurts and Laughs of ‘Eighth Grade’," 11 July 2018 An extended scene on a bus in Tanzania in which Gabriel and Christina argue about the role of state investment in economic development (and also about the future of their relationship) is a tour de force. — Fellipe Barbosa, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Gabriel and the Mountain,’ Recalling a Tragic Adventure," 13 June 2018 The opinion was a tour de force of historical exposition and originalist methodology—that is, interpreting the Constitution’s text as it was originally understood. — David B. Rivkin Jr. And Andrew M. Grossman, WSJ, "A Champion of Constitutional Safeguards," 9 July 2018 Reynolds’ tour de force came two days after teammate Trea Turner torched Miami for 8 RBI. — Bobby Bancroft, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Reynolds upstages Turner, drives in 10 runs in Nats' 18-4 annihilation of Marlins," 7 July 2018 Gadsby’s performance is a tour de force in confrontation Gadsby spends the first 17 minutes of Nanette acquainting her audience with her identity. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Why Hannah Gadsby’s searing comedy special Nanette has upended comedy for good," 5 July 2018 Which means Donte DiVincenzo read the tea leaves perfectly on leaving Villanova after his 31-point NCAA title game tour de force. — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, "NBA draft observations: Mikal Bridges trade was 'heist' for Sixers, evaluating Villanova's stars' landing spots | Mike Jensen," 22 June 2018

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