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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The latter’s tour de force earlier this month came as close as anyone has to a Joseph Welch moment defenestrating Donald McCarthy.
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Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Now scored an upset win at the UK’s Mercury Prize for Anohni & the Johnsons, which was followed by acclaim for the chamber-pop tour de force by U.S. blogs and outlets.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
But the whole Bond tribute was worth it for Margaret Qualley’s dance tour de force, where her ballet chops and lip-biting panache made for high drama.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
The Coen brothers’ tour de force set in 1930s Hollywood stars Turturro as an overly idealistic east coast playwright who goes west for a gig writing studio scripts.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Now scored an upset win at the UK’s Mercury Prize for Anohni & the Johnsons, which was followed by acclaim for the chamber-pop tour de force by U.S. blogs and outlets.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
But the whole Bond tribute was worth it for Margaret Qualley’s dance tour de force, where her ballet chops and lip-biting panache made for high drama.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
The Coen brothers’ tour de force set in 1930s Hollywood stars Turturro as an overly idealistic east coast playwright who goes west for a gig writing studio scripts.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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