anticlimax

Example Sentences

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That three-song suite that concludes “Ocean Blvd” can certainly feel like an anticlimax, or a retreat from the existential questions posed in its opening movement.

From New York Times

We debate whether it was an anticlimax or a triumph.

From Los Angeles Times

At first blush, this move feels like a remarkable anticlimax.

From The Verge

Lindon stages an intentional anticlimax that feels confusingly abrupt and unconvincing.

From New York Times

America is stuck in a type of permanent anticlimax, in which Trump's attempted coup and the Capitol attack took place and the story abruptly ended.

From Salon