Climactic is an English word with synonyms like anticlimactic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Climactic in a sentence
Climactic meaning
Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
Synonyms of Climactic
Using Climactic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
- Useful related words include: anticlimactic.
- In the example corpus, climactic often appears in combinations such as: the climactic, climactic battle, climactic scene.
Context around Climactic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Climactic
- In this selection, "climactic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, something, huge, battle, encounter and brawl stand out and add context to how "climactic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 s climactic finale john and a huge climactic battle but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "climactic" sits close to words such as adolescence, antetokounmpo and armament, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with climactic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I was constantly waiting for something climactic to happen, but it never did. (13 words)
Also cleverly rendered is a climactic clock tower scene set during a lightning storm. (14 words)
As such, Sloane was present at the climactic Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY. (14 words)
Batman and Superman's climactic battle in the film takes place on a dreary night in Gotham, Superman being poisoned with Kryptonite for the first time while overlooking the city's gritty industrial landscape. (34 words)
Circling back to production, the pandemic forced the previous season to be cut short, resulting in the start of Season 7 beginning with lots of climactic moments as it ties up loose ends. (33 words)
It’s not clear what Scheib thinks the nature of the sickness is at the root of this Grail cult, so it’s not clear what Parsifal’s climactic redemption offers. (31 words)
Meanwhile, LUV and her new partner are closing in on Ash, setting up a climactic confrontation from which only one can survive! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the climactic brawl, every character in ends up personally and romantically where they were meant to be.
Also cleverly rendered is a climactic clock tower scene set during a lightning storm.
Although the finale sparks multiple revelations, it is actually in a dance scene – where Galán gives a tremendous performance – where both form and story reach a climactic moment.
As such, Sloane was present at the climactic Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY.
Batman and Superman's climactic battle in the film takes place on a dreary night in Gotham, Superman being poisoned with Kryptonite for the first time while overlooking the city's gritty industrial landscape.
But because of the Crows' limited screen time, Pekka's presence was severely underplayed, resulting in an anti-climactic demise.
Casey-South Melbourne’s Premier Cricket season has petered-out in anti-climactic fashion with a rain-affected draw in Geelong.
Circling back to production, the pandemic forced the previous season to be cut short, resulting in the start of Season 7 beginning with lots of climactic moments as it ties up loose ends.
Disney California Adventure Park's climactic portals moment to life as part of its new World of Color – ONE nighttime extravaganza.
Ferguson had already dominated teams and bagged plenty of goals but this climactic encounter would prove his most memorable game of the tournament.
He dies in the film's climactic gunfight as his actions finally come back to haunt him.
In Season 3’s climactic finale, John was helping a mother and her young son fix their flat when Garrett’s hired guns opened fire.
In the climactic battle, she attacks Ironheart and manages to keep the flying hero distracted for a period.
It's a shame, then, that part of the climactic with Wick and the Marquis' proxy, Caine, is handled in such a lackluster way.
It’s not clear what Scheib thinks the nature of the sickness is at the root of this Grail cult, so it’s not clear what Parsifal’s climactic redemption offers.
I was constantly waiting for something climactic to happen, but it never did.
Many final moments of a series are a huge, climactic battle, but this ending goes against that.
Meanwhile, LUV and her new partner are closing in on Ash, setting up a climactic confrontation from which only one can survive!
Most competitors are tasked with getting through a bunch of opponents that slowly increase in strength, before they reach a climactic encounter.
The battle would also provide an amazing climactic scenario for the game, a cataclysmic event that can be influenced in some way.
Common combinations with climactic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: