How to Use climactic in a Sentence

climactic

adjective

• At the climactic moment, the main character of the novel finds herself face to face with the thief.
• The first were the Nazis, and the second were in the climactic battle scenes.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2023
• It’s the climactic moment, and Grace gets to stop the action!
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
• But having the end credits roll over the back end of the song does kind of step on the climactic vibe.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the cast does their best, but the 10 episodes feel disjointed and anti-climactic.
  — oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2022
• The big one: Blue Line No other bill had a more climactic death.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• The song serves as Again’s climactic closer, where the tracklist clocks in with 13 songs total.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2023
• My husband sat across the stage from me and was visible during a climactic scene in the work.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• The third act is a bit rushed and rickety — the big climactic moment is too wacky, the denouement all too easy.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
• The climactic showdown might have been borrowed from any Blumhouse movie over the past 10 years.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• The climactic scene and the emotive needle drop would make even the blackest of hearts throb with a little emotion.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2023
• The movie’s climactic sequence is less expected, and a bit messier than the other episodes.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
• The scarf is used much as a matador wields a cape to lure a bull before the climactic moment in the song, which ends with the dancers pretending to kiss.
  — Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• Finally, the time came to film the climactic duel between Paul and Feyd-Rautha.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
• The climactic scene takes place when Artie encounters Ann, played by Lisa.
  — Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
• Later, Snoopy and Woodstock save the day during a climactic raft race.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• Soon, Rubens and Leônia are struggling with their own values as the tale comes to a climactic finale.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 May 2022
• The song wound up being used over the climactic scene Forsey and Cara had previewed, as well as during the opening credits.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
• The pilot of the show had a climactic twist that is still chilling, and the series rarely had a weak episode during its seven-season run.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• Although things take a turn by the trailer's end, starting on this note seems to showcase that peace has mostly reigned since the climactic events of the first film.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 May 2022
• In the climactic moments of the final episode, Hopper used the sword to slay the monster like something straight out of an old fantasy movie.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 July 2022
• The less said about the climactic attempt at hey-nonny-nonny uplift, the better.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
• What gives the film its power is the way that its climactic final act grows out of an organic metaphor for the flawed vision of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• Those who have read the novel will note that the HBO series stops before some of the climactic events in Niffenegger’s work.
  — oregonlive, 11 May 2022
• When Connors reached for the climactic high note during rehearsal, her voice cracked.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
• For kite-surfers, that climactic sensation can last for hours.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Four weeks of stunt training was required to nail Naru’s skills as a fighter, which shine in the climactic final act (no spoilers!).
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022
• This time, the show is flawless, with the hit singles at the end going off in their full, loop-pedal glory, the climactic fireworks fully earned.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
• Despite the brawny action sequences, the movie suffers from an arid stretch in the middle when many of the jokes fall flat, and the common miscue of a climactic sequence that drags on.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 July 2022
• However, his reunion with the fellow Glee alum was less climactic than Shum would have hoped.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024