How to Use denouement in a Sentence
denouement
noun- In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves.
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Had these details aligned, there could have been an impactful denouement.
— Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024 -
What the lama has in mind for the arms remains uncertain until the film’s denouement.
— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 July 2024 -
The film’s only explicit reference to race arrives in the denouement, when Ma treats each of her teen victims to their own personal punishment.
— Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 -
DeGeneres quips about getting into gardening and raising chickens, before offering glimpses of her take on what went down during her bumpy denouement.
— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 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 -
There was always a risk that the chaos that blighted the denouement would have occurred in any withdrawal.
— Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 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
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