climax

Fortunately the plot’s fairly predictable turns—the climax is a funny sing-off between Paulina and Ericka during a performance of the Whitney Houston power ballad “The Greatest Love of All”—are softened by the purely pleasurable performances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

By the time Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 “The Substance” reaches its gloriously grotesque climax, Demi Moore’s Elisabeth Sparkle and Margaret Qualley’s Sue have effectively fused into the spectacularly deformed creature known as Monstro Elisasue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

As the film advances toward a life-or-death climax, however, it never quite makes the audience fall in love with Belmont.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The extraordinary climax at Lahinch last Sunday, where GB&I won with the last putt of the match, evoked memories of the past three Solheim Cups staged in Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The climax came at noon one summer day.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

He heightens the beauty of its etude-like beginning and captures both its subtle ebb-and-flow and the propulsion of its climaxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

The film climaxes with a famously chaotic performance at at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where Dylan was booed by some members of the audience for playing an electric set with an amplified band.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

But Jacobs expertly handles ear-crushing climaxes as well as it does a lullaby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024

As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

But Marcus Tavernier's 69th minute penalty, awarded for Max Kilman's handball, sparked a Bournemouth fightback that climaxed with Enes Unal's 81st minute equaliser.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

Then he did a spiel about proving naysayers wrong that climaxed with his enumerating how many People’s Choice Awards he’s won.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

It climaxed with Chalamet’s sheltered scion, Paul Atreides, abducted from his family’s spice-mining compound and left to die in the scorching Arrakis desert, patrolled by fanged sandworms the size of the Empire State Building.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

The debate over Lawrence’s future at Berkeley climaxed at an acrimonious faculty conclave pitting the hard sciences, represented by Birge and Lewis, against the humanities and social sciences departments.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

With the Lost Boys in tow, Peter and Wendy will take on Captain Hook, climaxing with a swashbuckling battle.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024

Seven stakes are for 2-year-olds, climaxing with the $50,000 Gottstein Futurity at a mile and 70 yards on closing day.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

The Nats established themselves during an eight-year stretch when they made the postseason five times, climaxing with the 2019 World Series win.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022

The film teases a confrontation between Marcus and Joe, climaxing with a meeting recalling Michael Mann’s “Heat.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

The conference unanimously voted to initiate a massive countrywide antipass campaign beginning March 31 and climaxing on June 26 with a great bonfire of passes.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela