climax

Example Sentences

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As in the climax of a Jane Austen novel, it just feels so right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The stylistic bait-and-switch doesn’t just hamper the film’s momentum; it reveals just how silly the entire endeavor up until the climax has been.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

He was also one of Morocco's superstars during the Africa Cup of Nations, with the host team making it to the final where they lost in a chaotic climax to the tournament to Senegal.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

They passed – and more tests will come for the Gunners and Manchester City as the Premier League pursuit reaches its climax.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

There, at the climax of every show, he sits down in a comfortable chair to think — a chair known, of course, in the literal world of Blue’s Clues, as the Thinking Chair.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell