winds up

VERB

finish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

close complete conclude do end up finish up settle wrap up

WEAK

be through with bring to a close clean up close down come to the end determine end finalize halt liquidate terminate tie up loose ends

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin introduce neglect start unsettle

WEAK

commence open

Example Sentences

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After leaving Earth and partying around the solar system, she winds up in one of the underground neighborhoods on Mars, thoroughly burned out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It genuinely could come down to the advice of whoever he winds up playing golf with next.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

But her intensity, whether seated on the lip of the stage, where she begins, or standing in the organ loft where she winds up at the end, spoke for itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

However, this case argues those firms are culpable for business models designed to hold people's attention and to promote content that winds up harming their mental health.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Likewise, multiplying by one-half is like relaxing the rubber band a bit: the tick mark at two is now at one, and the tick mark at three winds up at one and a half.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife