How to Use culminate in a Sentence

culminate

verb

• A bitter feud culminated months of tension.
• The chain of events culminated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
• The event sparked a lifetime of activism, culminating in his role in the march.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
• The event will culminate in a champagne toast at midnight to ring in 2023.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• The events of this day, culminating in her suicide, frame the miniseries.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 June 2024
• The show culminated with Jon shouting out a string of moves — the A-Town stomp, the muscle, the thunder clap, the rockaway — as more dancers flooded the stage.
  — Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
• His essay positioned the site as the start of an era that would culminate in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.
  — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
• The triple feature will culminate with a Q&A with Shatner.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
• The videos always culminate in a nearly too-quick shot of the unwrapped item purchased.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
• These tests will culminate in a hot-fire test of the rocket's first-stage main engine, the Vulcain 2.1. Setting the table for a launch next year ...
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
• For the first time in its history, the event will culminate in a live broadcast of the final four categories.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
• The battle royale will culminate in the fundraising walk, which has been held at Endicott since 2018.
  — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
• Line accounted for 57 of them, culminating in a 1-yard sneak for the tying score.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• The jury’s work typically culminates near the end of its term, with the release of reports throughout the spring.
  — Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• The tense meeting with the agents — two men and a woman — culminated in a back-and-forth on civil liberties.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• The movie culminates in a series of courtroom scenes in which a judge — and the audience — must weigh her potential guilt.
  — Thomas Rogers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Your words, your ideas, your sleepless nights, and the smile that should be on your face —all culminating in someone else’s triumph.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
• The drive culminated in a 15-yard connection from Mason Walsh to tight end Mark Woodard.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• The song aches with maturity and grace, and culminates in happy tears.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
• Talks would need to take on new life to culminate in a contract, and market conditions could compel the Cowboys to wait.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2022
• The book club will culminate in September with a special grand finale event that has yet to be announced.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 16 May 2023
• On Monday the furor culminated in Corrain losing both her book deal and her agent.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• The struggle culminated in 2016 with the election of Mr. Jibas, who promised to take control of the resettlement fund.
  — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• Taking 4 to 5½ hours roundtrip, the train winds up the slopes of the Presidential Range, culminating in a passage over Crawford Notch.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• Bey also included a video of her mom, grooving in a dance that culminates in a playful shrug.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• The story culminates over water, as the last leg of Seydou and Moussa’s odyssey features a reluctant Seydou at the helm of a boat.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Brown and his senior class want to culminate their journey with a strong senior season.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• The yearlong buildup will culminate this coming weekend in a grand finale to pick the 2023 song contest’s big winner.
  — Lindsey Weber, Vulture, 9 May 2023
• The reason for the second increase stems from a yearslong court battle which culminated in July.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
• Dozens of messages across several platforms ensued, culminating with Western Union payments or digital gift cards up to $1,000 each.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025