anticlimax
Example Sentences
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Describing July 4, 1776, as an anticlimax might strike a dissonant note for most Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Fox News’ Peter Doocy was among the unsatisfied, and he laid into Leavitt over the anticlimax.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
Pulp guitarist Mark Webber told 6 Music's Lauren Laverne the show had been "a slight anticlimax, to be honest".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 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
We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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