anticlimax

Example Sentences

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But as quickly as the crisis began, it ended abruptly in a type of anticlimax one day later as Prigozhin's forces stopped their march on Moscow, stood down, and agreed to return to their barracks.

From Salon

In plot, too, “Berlin” is a Woolfian mirror: Red herrings and cliffhangers stoke interest by conforming to expectations, until the novel undercuts them with digressions and anticlimaxes, reveling in its own formal impunity.

From New York Times

Getting that far only to lose in six after the epic Colorado series, again, would have seemed an anticlimax.

From Seattle Times

But once again, anticlimax reared its ugly head, dousing the enthusiasm one final time.

From Seattle Times

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