tour de force

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\ ˌtu̇r-də-ˈfȯrs

plural tours de force\ ˌtu̇r-də-ˈfȯrs

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

Recent Examples on the Web It is meant to be a tour de force but is monotonous. — Armond White, National Review, "Pieces of a Woman Falls Apart," 14 Apr. 2021 With Elliott acting as emcee, the video was a vampy, MTV-ready tour de force. — Matthew Jacobs, Rolling Stone, "‘Lady Marmalade’: Inside the Vampy, Gossip-Fueling ‘Moulin Rouge’ Remake, 20 Years Later," 7 Apr. 2021 And then there’s the film’s signature setpiece, a tour de force of horror filmmaking that takes place toward the end of its second act. — Tres Dean, Vulture, "The Empty Man Is the Next Great Cult Horror Film," 6 Apr. 2021 What a magnificent tour de force example of print journalism. — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, "Feedback: Woody Allen’s defenders and cancel culture," 17 Mar. 2021 It’s a tour de force of sympathetic scholarship, in which Olsen finds uncanny echoes of her own fiction in Davis’s life and work. — New York Times, "Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art," 25 Mar. 2021 The book is a tour de force, meticulously researched, engaging, deeply humane and compulsively readable. — Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, "‘Doomed Romance’ Review: An Ideal Relationship," 5 Mar. 2021 Gary Vaynerchuk is a tour de force in today’s marketing industry and a regular sight on social media. — Celinne Da Costa, Forbes, "Top 7 PR & Branding Firms For Entrepreneurs In 2021," 4 Mar. 2021 Oregon State was a tour de force for the entire 10 minutes, hitting 12 of 15 shots and scoring 31 points. — oregonlive, "Rapidly rising Oregon State gets the time it needs to mature, and Beavers now 2 wins away from a Pac-12 tournament title," 4 Mar. 2021

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20 Apr 2021

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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 21 Apr. 2021.

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