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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In a true tour de force, the sprinter also helped lead the American women’s 4 x 400-meter relay team to gold.
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Katie Abel, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band wrapped their 20-date Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour on Saturday night in Philadelphia at the Xfinity Center with a tour de force performance encapsulating one of Springsteen’s most fiery tours to date.
—Brandon Shaw, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2026
In this triumphant tour de force, Crain and a group of fertility patients reckon with the threats to their family future, unearthing hope from an unsettled legal landscape.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
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Katie Abel, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band wrapped their 20-date Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour on Saturday night in Philadelphia at the Xfinity Center with a tour de force performance encapsulating one of Springsteen’s most fiery tours to date.
—Brandon Shaw, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2026
In this triumphant tour de force, Crain and a group of fertility patients reckon with the threats to their family future, unearthing hope from an unsettled legal landscape.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for tour de force
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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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