adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb’s crowning/supreme achievement (= the best of several impressive achievements )
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Her appointment to the Paris post was the crowning achievement of her life.
the final/ultimate/crowning etc indignity
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
glory
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This is the crowning glory of Van Gogh's maize and corn fields.
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But the crowning glory of the book is Richard's unspeakable wife, Cordelia.
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Then comes the crowning glory of Frank's act, as he peels off his raincoat to reveal a smart suit underneath.
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But, the crowning glory of the building is the new conference suite which the architects created on the existing flat roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the crowning glory of the book is Richard's unspeakable wife, Cordelia.
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But, the crowning glory of the building is the new conference suite which the architects created on the existing flat roof.
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Roth's crowning achievement was the editorship of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, which he held from 1965.
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Then comes the crowning glory of Frank's act, as he peels off his raincoat to reveal a smart suit underneath.
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This is the crowning glory of Van Gogh's maize and corn fields.