climactic

Example Sentences

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The emotional combustion of his climactic scenes with Willy fail to reach cathartic levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

The now pulsing, now soaring strains of Prokofiev’s climactic “Balcony Scene” are enacted solely on screen as recorded by Mr. Marcovici’s camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

By this standard, Jefferson was a more reliable colleague than staunch Federalists who had been reluctant or merely peripheral participants in the climactic phase of the revolutionary drama.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis