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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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
The role required a real tour de force given intense emotional — and, at times, physical — extremes.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Ten people, all members of the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers, were convicted of sedition — the tour de force of the Justice Department’s wide-sweeping Jan. 6 prosecution.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
The first hybrid 911 promises to be a tour de force of efficiency and performance.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
The role required a real tour de force given intense emotional — and, at times, physical — extremes.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Ten people, all members of the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers, were convicted of sedition — the tour de force of the Justice Department’s wide-sweeping Jan. 6 prosecution.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
The first hybrid 911 promises to be a tour de force of efficiency and performance.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
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 16 Apr. 2025.
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