How to Use opus in a Sentence

opus

noun

• Don’t expect an opus, but do expect a game your mother will want to play.
  — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
• Franklin’s magnum sea opus would be covered over with gravel and dirt.
  — Steve Ditlea, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Guillermo del Toro’s latest opus is, in many ways, about birth.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
• James Cameron’s opus needed a few days of 2026 to get there.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2026
• That said, an artist not matching their opus isn’t the automatic mark of a miss.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
• This true-crime opus keeps the victim centered, reflecting on a young life lost.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
• But there’s just nothing to compare to the Bears’ trend-setting opus.
  — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• On purely literary merits, though, the book is, at best, a mediocris opus.
  — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
• The theme of this opus is hard to miss, expressed in a variety of fighting analogies.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020
• As a teen, Smith could read and write — maybe — but the Book of Mormon is an opus.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Four components get layered into a large mixing bowl for this frozen opus.
  — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
• Rhianna has been very secretive about her future opus.
  — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
• That next project turned out to be Oppenheimer, his Oscar-winning opus.
  — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 2 June 2025
• The movie flicks at a variety of pieces from Bernstein's opus, in both background music and set pieces.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 5 Jan. 2024
• DeRozan’s latest opus in Dallas was his eighth 30-point game of the season.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Apr. 2021
• Jupiter and Semele, from 1895, is an opus in Moreau’s studio.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
• But that description barely scratches the surface of Holic’s opus.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• For that opus, Zeffirelli created all the ornate, lavish sets.
  — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2019
• The 20-track opus is inspired by the sounds and stories of Latin music icons who shaped her passion for artistry.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 20 June 2025
• Moore’s opus was about the extent to which people place their trust in costumed avengers and asked the age-old question of who watches the watchmen.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2019
• The takeaway of that exercise was that Robinson’s opus would morph into a feature.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
• The last opus will be a crossover, bringing together all the young female heroes from the previous films.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2022
• But within mere hours, the 16-track opus reappeared on the platform — again with no explanation.
  — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
• But for others, Cole will shine as a distinct and fully formed character in a spotty but worthwhile opus.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
• That may sound a little derisory, to not have move beyond the Bungie’s 2002 opus.
  — Andy Robertson, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2010
• When a childhood acquaintance and book critic points out the flaws in Elliott’s latest opus, the plot turns deadly.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
• What Bernstein most longed to write was a magnum opus opera encompassing the Holocaust.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• And yet, eight years after the idea popped into his head, at last his bold opus has come to the big screen, ready to jolt audiences out of their complacency.
  — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
• The opus moved to Broadway in 2006 and won the Tony for best play in 2007.
  — Laura Clark, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
• The record is a down-tempo pop opus, one that exposes the dark shadows behind the American Dream.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022