anticlimax
Example Sentences
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In the end, the whole ruse felt like a bit of an anticlimax, but it did at least add extra spice to the start of the series.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Fox News’ Peter Doocy was among the unsatisfied, and he laid into Leavitt over the anticlimax.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
Eilish and her brother worked “What Was I Made For?” so hard over this awards cycle that the song’s tolling chords almost felt like an anticlimax as O’Connell started into them once again Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
And a final 10-game stretch against their closest rivals, keenly anticipated for weeks, turned into a massive anticlimax.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023
Although it was only the sixth round out of twenty-two, for Bobby everything that followed from Bronstein was an emotional anticlimax.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing anticlimax
Power Prefix: Anti
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - High School
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