How to Use tour de force in a Sentence

tour de force

noun
  • The book is a tour de force.
  • Her performance in the play was a real tour de force.
  • Eddie combines all of those in a tour de force.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The stock market result has been a tour de force.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Why hasn't this long tour de force resulted in a big uptick in record?
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Rachel Scott is a tour de force with two back-to-back knockout shows.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Each show is a 10-act tour de force that lasts between three to four hours.
    — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • And this storytelling tour de force is all the better for it.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Nov. 2021
  • If nothing else, the movie is a double tour de force of acting.
    — Michael O’Sullivan, kansascity, 14 June 2018
  • With these travel heavy-hitters, your next trip will be a real tour de force.
    — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 21 May 2024
  • This isn’t the first time Queen’s six-minute tour de force has reclaimed the spotlight.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 9 May 2019
  • His designs are sheer genius and a tour de force seldom seen in fashion.
    — Vogue, 25 Apr. 2022
  • In fact, the giant ironwork dome was a technical tour de force.
    — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 20 May 2021
  • The result is a genuine tour de force that makes one exult in the craft of the great actor.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Building such a plant is an engineering tour de force.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Lopez takes what could have been a low-budget role and turns it into a tour de force as the co-leader of the ring.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The Weight of These Wings was a rugged and revealing tour de force.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 6 June 2018
  • The filmmaking tour de force is full of big, important ideas and deserves to be seen.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • As a pictorial narrative — a film made from stills — the piece is a tour de force.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • These rare months are always a tour de force on Disney+ as the streamer shows off its unique selling points.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Brueggemann’s writing is smooth and easy to read and his book is a tour de force that should be in every library.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In this tour de force, Mark Lilla explores the deep sources of this refusal.
    — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The tour de force clobbering took all of two minutes and 52 seconds.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Her presentation had been a dazzling tour de force that left the crowd stunned and clamoring for more.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The plate is a compact tour de force of Truong’s facility with the cuisine.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The role of Violet Weston has been a tour de force for the many who’ve played it.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a reason Samantha Jones is a PR tour de force and not a chanteuse.
    — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2021
  • In a four-hander where each performer excels in their own way, Wilde gives a neurotic tour de force.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • The role is a true tour de force for Scott, who has to play two different men, inhabiting the same mind.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • If the show isn’t quite the same tour de force as Coel’s and Waller-Bridge’s debuts, blame the pacing.
    — Time, 4 Nov. 2022

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