Explore Anticlimactic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like conclusion or end. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Anticlimactic in a sentence
Anticlimactic meaning
Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
Using Anticlimactic
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
- Useful related words include: anticlimactical, conclusion, end, close.
- In the example corpus, anticlimactic often appears in combinations such as: anticlimactic for, an anticlimactic, anticlimactic and.
Context around Anticlimactic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anticlimactic
- In this selection, "anticlimactic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brief, too, little, skirmish, ending and dull stand out and add context to how "anticlimactic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit anticlimactic compared to and a brief anticlimactic skirmish the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anticlimactic" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anticlimactic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The hate was long gone by the end of the anticlimactic fight. (12 words)
Compared to the buildup across the episodes, the ending is anticlimactic and underwhelming. (13 words)
Dragging out Gabaldon's existing stories across season 7 would only result in an anticlimactic ending. (16 words)
So to end up with Bran, who was more memorable for his blank stare than for his one-liner dialogue and was disposable enough to sit out an entire season at one point, registered to some as anticlimactic. (38 words)
There's so much unexplored potential in Living With Yourself that it's hard not to be at least a little curious about what comes next, all the way through to the season's somewhat anticlimactic end. (37 words)
Like most of the Spurs team that evening, Kane struggled during the anticlimactic 2-0 loss to Liverpool at Atletico’s Wanda Metropolitano amid questions over his fitness and readiness to start such a momentous game. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a brief anticlimactic skirmish, The Fantastic Four is puzzled, with Scratch claiming that in juggling them around in the air a bit he’s won.
It all comes together to create quite the spectacle, which was Peter Jackson's intention right from the start, as he believed the original ending was far too anticlimactic for a movie.
It was a little anticlimactic when I went from the iPhone 14 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max.
Most found it anticlimactic and hated that the arc borrowed too heavily from Soul Society's narrative beats.
Dragging out Gabaldon's existing stories across season 7 would only result in an anticlimactic ending.
He’s always present, which we had with Cage too, like there’s a presence of this thing, but once you get to the guy, it’s almost anticlimactic.
Instead, it is the most muddled, confusing, aimless, anticlimactic, dull, and empty movie you might ever see.
Stokes, who played his 100th Test in Rajkot, refused to make any excuses at the end of an anticlimactic few months for England in all formats.
The hate was long gone by the end of the anticlimactic fight.
Elsewhere, some quite intense scenes and interactions come out of nowhere narratively, while others are surreally anticlimactic.
In other words, the movies build up to a dramatic moment, then shy away from it with a quick switch to anticlimactic humor.
It’s a bit anticlimactic compared to the vast chaotic intrigue of the Star Wars universe.
Like most of the Spurs team that evening, Kane struggled during the anticlimactic 2-0 loss to Liverpool at Atletico’s Wanda Metropolitano amid questions over his fitness and readiness to start such a momentous game.
Compared to the buildup across the episodes, the ending is anticlimactic and underwhelming.
It turned out to be anticlimactic, but whether Love would start for USU on Saturday was the Cache Valley’s favorite parlor game during the week.
I’ve got to say, unboxing iPhones has gotten a tad anticlimactic for the amount of paper used in the packaging.
So to end up with Bran, who was more memorable for his blank stare than for his one-liner dialogue and was disposable enough to sit out an entire season at one point, registered to some as anticlimactic.
There's so much unexplored potential in Living With Yourself that it's hard not to be at least a little curious about what comes next, all the way through to the season's somewhat anticlimactic end.
This is a fascinating series of events, but it would have been too difficult and anticlimactic to include in the movies.
Throughout both movies, we watch Brad Pitt and Martin Sheen drift through space and down the river, respectively, to confront their own demons in anticlimactic, and yet so thoroughly impactful, finales.
Common combinations with anticlimactic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: