How to Use denouement in a Sentence

denouement

noun

• In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves.
• There was always a risk that the chaos that blighted the denouement would have occurred in any withdrawal.
  — Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
• The entire denouement at the airport is a diversion from the tone of most of the rest of the action-adventure flick — an intentional shift, says Powell.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 19 July 2024
• Fans will know the denouement, the murder at the end of the world will be solved.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
• And when the action reached its denouement in the high mountains, Vingegaard came to the front and set a pace for Kuss.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023
• That being said, the denouement is bonkers, and the final shot might just break your brain.
  — Time, 25 Oct. 2022
• Back outside, the shootout reached its denouement in front of the Wheatsheaf pub, near the bottom of Stoney Street.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 June 2017
• Both sides of his character get to shine in the film's denouement.
  — Sebastian Smee, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• And then, beneath the frustration, the fear: When is the denouement going to come?
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021
• As the house guests play bingo, the play comes to a terrible denouement.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
• As a helpful timer ticks down the minutes, the denouement comes with just three seconds to spare.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• The rise, triumph, and seeming denouement of this hero have happened in about a week.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 28 June 2024
• The rural setting and denouement bring to mind Agatha Christie.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• The film’s denouement occurs when Stanley finds a place nearby the sand holes that has less sand.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
• 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
• How could all of those plots and interests meet and find denouement?
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2018
• Like much of the war, this denouement was a long time coming but unfolded in a headlong rush.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• Back in Illinois, Janus had been on hold pending a Friedrichs denouement.
  — James Taranto, WSJ, 29 June 2018
• For the Magees, like so many families, death triggered the denouement.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
• Davis scored the Lakers’ final 10 points — the denouement the 3-pointer as time expired.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
• Still, some predicted a denouement that had yet to come.
  — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• When the action moves to a carnival in the last 20 minutes, the movie does come alive and delivers a denouement that is on par with the first two movies.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• Her return to form in the denouement was heartening and a relief.
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• As a sort of denouement to a very eventful term, the Nine Wise Souls in Washington did a lot by doing nothing.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 June 2015
• For that reason, and out of deference to the author and his readers, the denouement cannot be revealed here.
  — Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• After all, his character’s demise is the denouement of the first season.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• Is the denouement of the book as satisfying as its opening?
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 11 June 2018
• And in the second act, the twists in the plot become convoluted and its denouement doesn’t entirely make sense to me.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• But somehow, a denouement that should pierce like a scalpel merely manages to open a paper cut.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
• The denouement of what appears to be a case of surveillance gone wrong remains far from certain.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024