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
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