How to Use masterpiece in a Sentence

masterpiece

noun
  • Her study of apes is a masterpiece.
  • The painting was immediately recognized as a masterpiece.
  • Herman Melville's masterpiece was Moby-Dick.
  • Just like the work they're based on, these shoes are a downright masterpiece.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2024
  • It has been hailed by some critics in Spain as a masterpiece.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The American Bankers Assn.’s letter to Gensler is a masterpiece of the genre.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The Kimbell’s a tasting menu of masterpieces but does depth well, too.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Four decades later, it is still hailed as a masterpiece.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The movie is a masterpiece of Hitchcock-style suspense.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Yes, most of us could make a car payment (or two) for the price of a room, but this Art Deco jewel is a masterpiece.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The public gets to vote as artists create masterpieces in real time.
    oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This game was supposed to be about Chris Sale’s eight-inning masterpiece.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • With the Warriors’ season hanging in the balance, Curry added to his lore with a 50-point masterpiece.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • The German Renaissance masterpiece is one of those great have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too images.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But the pressure was on me to add something to what was already a masterpiece just sitting empty.
    Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The buzziest remounts of the season were two Stephen Sondheim masterpieces.
    Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Do all masterpieces look the same, in the way that Tolstoy once posited all happy families do?
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The Seeds of Greatness Aristotle might disagree, but sometimes a masterpiece is only as good as the sum of its parts.
    Lizzie Tisch, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Serve it between buns, over grits, or savor this sweet and tangy masterpiece by itself.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
  • Some have said that Glazer’s film is a reinvention of the Holocaust movie, but that’s glibly giving this masterpiece short shrift.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The whole world of Elizabethan espionage is brought to blazing life in this true-crime masterpiece.
    Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • During the workshop, a host will provide step-by-step instructions on how to complete the project and wow all your friends with the finished masterpiece.
    Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
  • My top three records of the year are mid-career masterpieces from artists who have been making serious, thoughtful work for more than a decade.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • At one point, Miguel types out on a keyboard a statement about an artist who had decided that his masterpiece would not be his work, but his life.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • Magic happens when it’s placed in the oven and balloons into a golden masterpiece.
    Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That beats many of the advertisers who didn’t want to sully their masterpieces with anything but a logo.
    Beth Ann Kaminkow, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Then there was her masterpiece 40-point showcase in Indiana at the beginning of this month.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The film polarized viewers but many film critics called it a masterpiece.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Caught in a moment between life and death, jazz icon Parker returns to his New York jazz club to compose a final masterpiece.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2023
  • But still, the place really was a stunner — all marble floors with massive Tintoretto masterpieces affixed to the walls and to the ceiling.
    Mickey Rapkin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023

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