tour de force
noun
plural tours de force
ˌtu̇r-də-ˈfȯrs 
: a feat or display of strength, skill, or ingenuity
the movie is a comic tour de force
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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Happening March 13-15 at the city’s Moody Amphitheater, the event will feature a tour de force of headlining performances from hip-hop titan Don Toliver on March 13, corridos star Junior H on March 14 and Dutch electronic phenom Mau P on March 15.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
Extraordinary subjects call for extraordinary styles, which is why this year’s best films offer the special thrills of aesthetic tours de force pulled off with flair.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
In this tour de force, Mark Lilla explores the deep sources of this refusal.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Deborah Gilmour Smyth leads the Backyard cast as Gladys with an incredible, tour de force performance that begins with joy, laughter and vivaciousness and gradually, over the course of two hours, moves toward frightened, childlike and submissive.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
Extraordinary subjects call for extraordinary styles, which is why this year’s best films offer the special thrills of aesthetic tours de force pulled off with flair.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
In this tour de force, Mark Lilla explores the deep sources of this refusal.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Deborah Gilmour Smyth leads the Backyard cast as Gladys with an incredible, tour de force performance that begins with joy, laughter and vivaciousness and gradually, over the course of two hours, moves toward frightened, childlike and submissive.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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