anticlimactic
Example Sentences
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For those who don’t follow industry shenanigans too closely, this result seemed to land as a bit of an anticlimactic “Who?”
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
Even the announcement of the Ashes squad was an anticlimactic foreshadowing of things to come.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
After the Tut treasures, the rest of the museum, whose remaining 94,000-odd objects are spread over a dozen galleries in a mixed thematic and chronological display, can feel a touch anticlimactic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
It’s an anticlimactic return that feels more intended to scrub the remaining tarnish from her image than it does to induct her back into Vanderpump’s fold.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
It feels anticlimactic after everything, but sometimes things don’t end the way you expect them to.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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