How to Use showpiece in a Sentence

showpiece

noun
  • The house is an architectural showpiece.
  • The museum's showpiece is a painting by Picasso.
  • In recent years, the NFL Draft has become a showpiece event for fans of the sport.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The movement itself, on full display, is the showpiece of the high-tech clock.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
  • The real showpiece was her long Max Mara Raspoli camel coat.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Shasta Lake, with 370 miles of shoreline when full, is the showpiece of the region.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
  • Both sides made the final in 2017, and will fancy their chances of making the showpiece event once more this year.
    SI.com, 24 June 2019
  • The showpiece of the Ghibli is its twin-turbocharged, 3.0-liter V-6.
    Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019
  • These quartz surfaces are showpieces that wow the eye and stand up to your hardest tasks and messes.
    The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2019
  • The bicycle that hangs on the wall of Valentine’s office is not a showpiece.
    John Altavilla, courant.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Its author, Ariel Adams, said the G-Shock has always been more of a workhorse than a showpiece.
    Max Berlinger, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Leona’s real showpiece is the beach club, though (pictured top).
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Where the rooms in the White House were meant to be showpieces rather than gathering areas, the first lady gave them new life.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 27 July 2018
  • If Legends is something of a museum of the blues, Guy is its showpiece, too alive to risk.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • And like its namesake bird, this is no fancy showpiece.
    Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 19 July 2023
  • For me, however, my All-Clad set is less a shiny showpiece and more of a daily workhorse.
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 15 July 2019
  • The purse for the showpiece World Cup is $10 million with the winner pocketing $6 million.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And while yes, there's plenty on offer for the visitor, this is no mere tourist showpiece.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Most of Wright’s homes were built as showpieces for the stewards to entertain, and this one is no exception.
    Kristine Hansen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But now, with a lot of help from the neighborhood and the city, and a new attitude toward city parks, Holly Park is a showpiece.
    Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2020
  • Instead, go for the blue velvet sofa that’s going to be your showpiece.
    Lauren Sheffield, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2018
  • Now a city charter school, the academy is filling out most of the space in what was a showpiece of 1925 school construction.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The Tulsa World described the other showpieces - hand-me-downs, fixer-uppers and as-is cheap deals.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 14 May 2018
  • Rapid would go on to lose to the showpiece event to the dominant force of Austrian football in recent times, Red Bull Salzburg.
    SI.com, 22 July 2019
  • Lamb shanks are the turkey legs of Mediterranean cooking, bone-in showpieces of texture and technique.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 7 June 2018
  • The sport's showpiece event will take place in cities across England with 16 men's, eight women's and eight wheelchair teams taking part.
    Henry Austin, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Chocolate showpieces by students will be auctioned, and the event will have a silent auction of other items, as well.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The project is the showpiece of a nearly $400 million public-private makeover of the historic mission and battle site.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The year will culminate at the exciting New York Finals before the stars head to the showpiece playoffs in Prague.
    CNN, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The house is a showpiece for its owner, Scott Leonard, who throws music and fashion-industry events there.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024

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