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.
  • The album is a masterpiece that feels like a warm hug, and 2.
    Seventeen, 20 May 2022
  • And then an all-time great came through with a masterpiece.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2022
  • Just like the work they're based on, these shoes are a downright masterpiece.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Parker Posey as the grande dame in a Chekhov masterpiece?
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • And Sam is a masterpiece with all her talents and foibles.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • Think of penne as a blank canvas and build your masterpiece around it.
    Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • With help from an adult, kids of all ages can help create a masterpiece for mom.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The Kimbell’s a tasting menu of masterpieces but does depth well, too.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Four stars masterpiece, three stars very good, two stars OK, one star poor, no stars waste of time.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022
  • Barkov had a masterpiece night with his two goals and two assists.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • This the latest masterpiece to be the focus of climate protests.
    Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Fried okra is a Southern masterpiece that can be paired with any rich, meaty main.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Let your child play chef to come up with their smoothie masterpiece.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 22 July 2024
  • Four decades later, it is still hailed as a masterpiece.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Right off the bat, many hailed Renaissance as a masterpiece on all fronts.
    Abrigail Williams, Vogue, 29 July 2022
  • To have your biggest role be in a bona-fide masterpiece is rarer still.
    John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
  • Be careful of over-mixing, though, or the masterpiece will turn brown.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 22 May 2024
  • The movie is a masterpiece of Hitchcock-style suspense.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Or the bloodbath and masterpiece that is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
    Joshua Ocampo, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Behind the Attic Wall is a masterpiece of the slow reveal, and still gives me goosebumps.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • So, keep reading to be one of the elite few allowed to read my CBD oil gummies masterpiece.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • For 60 minutes on the game clock, the Third Saturday in October was a masterpiece of the genre.
    al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The montage might open with Malick’s 1978 masterpiece, Days of Heaven.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And that fire is currently leading to your greatest masterpiece yet.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 24 Jan. 2025

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