anticlimax

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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

Indeed, the end even of a great mystery can feel like an anticlimax.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

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 • Jul. 3, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Although it was only the sixth round out of twenty-two, for Bobby everything that followed from Bronstein was an emotional anticlimax.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady