How to Use masterstroke in a Sentence

masterstroke

noun

• The switch from the diamond to the ice proved to be a masterstroke.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• Once in a while, the to-and-fro produces a comedic masterstroke.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2020
• But the real masterstroke comes in the first sketch's preview of a future episode.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• Neymar’s touch — a deft backheel on the run to drop it behind him — was the masterstroke there.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2020
• Which is why the casting of de Armas is a masterstroke.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• The transfer proved a masterstroke for Ferguson, in the short term, at least.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
• The masterstroke, though, was to turn the library’s old appendage into its new heart.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2021
• But the real masterstroke wasn’t just the head-to-toe linen on a baking hot day, but Pitt’s loose-fitting, brown linen skirt.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 July 2022
• While at the State Department, Krach pulled off a masterstroke.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• For all these reasons and more, the Hertz-Tesla deal was a procurement masterstroke–for both sides.
  — Bharat Kapoor, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2021
• Initially, Eddie played the piano and drums, but his shift to the guitar proved a masterstroke.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2020
• This was one of the first real shockers, a decisive masterstroke that stunned the Broncos.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• The addition of Minna to all this madness is a masterstroke.
  — Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 June 2016
• While the club will need a longer term solution in a couple of years’ time, Eriksen has been a masterstroke of a signing on a free transfer.
  — Liam Canning, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• The key to the production, though, isn’t a directorial masterstroke but the casting of Quinn Kelsey, a baritone who’s been singing at the Met for more than a dozen years.
  — Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022
• It’s a nifty, condensed introduction, setting the tone and laying out the stakes in one clean masterstroke.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 4 May 2021
• Rivers' masterstroke however came on fourth-and-4 from the Houston 39-yard line.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2020
• The Lebedevs promptly made the title free, a decision that proved to be a masterstroke.
  — Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
• In ten years, Beijing may see this not as a masterstroke but a misadventure.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
• The Raptors ran aground at a higher win-total level before the Kawhi Leonard masterstroke.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2020
• Pairing Shyamalan with the Blumhouse crew was a masterstroke.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 July 2021
• By any measure, Cohen’s masterstroke stands as one of the sport’s shrewdest hires in recent memory.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
• But Trump, in a rhetorical masterstroke, saw an opportunity to twist the term to his own ends.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• From this perspective, the deal was a masterstroke of diplomacy.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 14 May 2018
• Chris’ contextualization of the narration with just George’s voice and mine was a bit of a masterstroke.
  — Lily Moayeri, Spin, 7 Aug. 2023
• The 27-yard masterstroke gave McIlroy a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland, his playing partner.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2022
• Rogue Heroes’ is a masterstroke of a series from the visionary Steven Knight, packed with a stellar cast who bring this fantastic story to life.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Nov. 2021
• For that video alone there will be many supporters, not just Southampton's, that are happy that Taylor extended his time at the club, truly a masterstroke by the club.
  — SI.com, 19 July 2017
• While her signature brand of acerbic, deadpan humor was still very much present and accounted for, the show’s mash-up of that distinctive comedic voice with a twisty premise proved to be a masterstroke.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2022
• His risky decision not to appear on the debate stage looks, in retrospect, like a political masterstroke.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024