consummate

“A consummate professional, he was an actor’s actor — humble, kind, and incredible at his craft.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Neill was a consummate character actor, hard-working and driven by a love for his craft, with a filmography spanning decades and roles that touched countless lives.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Northants knocked off the target of 153 with consummate ease.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Luke’s piece tells the story of Mike Love, 85, the last remaining member of one of the 20th century’s consummate pop acts, while also reflecting on nostalgia, bitterness, legacy, and mortality.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

On the other hand, it might make of him a consummate bore.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Yet the secret genius of "Your Love" is that the song never directly spells out whether the narrator consummates his crush in real life; we only get one side of the story.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2023

With “Part II,” Hogg consummates a sweeping, inward-looking masterwork, one that reexamines and in certain cases amends reality, the likes of which few filmmakers reach in their careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Most times, the ritual is all sound and fury and consummates its purpose without any actual violence.

From Newsweek ● Sep. 9, 2013

For art is like a flower, which consummates the plant and ends its growth, while it translates its nature into loveliness.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds

The new creation, as we call it, restores and consummates the old.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

It also promised a $7 billion breakup fee to Warner Bros. if its merger wasn’t approved, and $7 million a day if it wasn’t consummated by the end of this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all Nato Nations," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

But that deal was never consummated and Triller experienced its own legal issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Then the mating is consummated, with the female laying eggs in a groove in a tree branch.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The tragic drama of character has been consummated.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

Neither side, fresh off rekindling their flame and consummating a marriage forged in the fires of mutual arrogance, could have foreseen the turbulence to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

The agency asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday to require the companies to delay consummating the transaction while the court considered the FTC's broader appeal.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

The attorneys had argued Twitter was heavily reliant on Slack in consummating the deal, with multiple channels that hosted discussions about the merger.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

They have chopped and changed and dropped and recalled spinners, hopping from Jack Leach to Dom Bess to Moeen Ali, and flirting with Matt Parkinson without ever consummating the relationship.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2021

And by doing it we shall prove that our love, like hers, is a consummating love—a love that finds its consummation in obedience.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Mother St. Paul