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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From a flying butterfly to a crowd-surfing shark and a chorus of fans voting via QR code to hear a ballad about heartbreak —welcome to Lifetimes, Katy Perry’s cosmic-coated tour de force that lit up Anaheim’s Honda Center on Sunday, July 13.
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Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
His famous tour de force of imposing his minaret tunic on an entire world of women is remembered by every one.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025
The actress completely transforms into serial killer Aileen Wuornos, delivering a tour de force as a woman struggling to suppress her violent urges.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Bruford jumped ship and joined King Crimson right before the Close to the Edge tour began, presumably exhausted after laboring through the quintet’s tour de force.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
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Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
His famous tour de force of imposing his minaret tunic on an entire world of women is remembered by every one.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025
The actress completely transforms into serial killer Aileen Wuornos, delivering a tour de force as a woman struggling to suppress her violent urges.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Bruford jumped ship and joined King Crimson right before the Close to the Edge tour began, presumably exhausted after laboring through the quintet’s tour de force.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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