denouement
Example Sentences
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“He later realized that was impossible, and this move is the denouement of that process.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Next week the league phase comes to a dramatic denouement with all 18 matches kicking off at the same time.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Weren't your deficiencies up front - and pretty much everywhere else - evident for months before your denouement with Brugge and the brutality of what followed?
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
A stray orange cat; a séance in a hostel; a “nearsighted galoot” who decodes cryptic messages from Radio Pyongyang; flashlights that aren’t just flashlights — these bread crumbs guide us to the novel’s denouement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
The scene is a denouement, ugly and raw.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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