anticlimax

Example Sentences

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Fox News’ Peter Doocy was among the unsatisfied, and he laid into Leavitt over the anticlimax.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

Pulp guitarist Mark Webber told 6 Music's Lauren Laverne the show had been "a slight anticlimax, to be honest".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

In Bluff, the sun rose on an anticlimax.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

And a final 10-game stretch against their closest rivals, keenly anticipated for weeks, turned into a massive anticlimax.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

This seemed to Mrs. Hubbard to be a dramatic climax rather than an anticlimax.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie