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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Constantine isn’t a total tour de force, but that’s also a big part of the joy of the movie and what leaves me unmoved by all the talk of a sequel.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Three years after her tour de force in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis once again completely disappears into a character.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Each is a modest tour de force of in-office confrontation—a reminder that happiness seldom means, or requires, the absence of conflict or disappointment.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Whereas Fences was a Denzel tour de force, The Piano Lesson showcases a new generation of Washington talents: His son Malcolm directs the movie; his son John David stars as Berniece’s brother, Boy Willie; and his daughter Katia is an executive producer.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Three years after her tour de force in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis once again completely disappears into a character.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Each is a modest tour de force of in-office confrontation—a reminder that happiness seldom means, or requires, the absence of conflict or disappointment.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Whereas Fences was a Denzel tour de force, The Piano Lesson showcases a new generation of Washington talents: His son Malcolm directs the movie; his son John David stars as Berniece’s brother, Boy Willie; and his daughter Katia is an executive producer.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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