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most climactic



ADJECTIVE
pertaining to climax
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But marketing is usually the enemy of actual experience: movie trailers are designed to make films look exciting, so they tend to give away a film’s most climactic moments.

From The Verge • Sep. 11, 2018

All told, the almost-coffee-crisis seemed poised to be the most climactic event of what lawmakers called the most uneventful end to the legislative session in years.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018

When he talks about the play’s most climactic moment—when Prospero relinquishes his power by snapping his magical staff—McFarland sounds as if he’s about to cry.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 29, 2012

You go from one of the most climactic moments of your life to the most devastating injury you’ve ever had.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2010

The trouble here is that the inexperienced dramatist treats the situation as if its value lay in its most climactic moment.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce