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Culmination is an English word with synonyms like apogee or termination. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Culmination in a sentence

Culmination meaning

  1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  2. An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
  3. An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Synonyms of Culmination

apogee termination mop up windup closing completion instant second minute moment climax celestial point stage phase ending

Related words

Other words often associated with Culmination or its synonyms:

conclusion point bit level finish period degree end state time morpheme present

Using Culmination

  • The main meaning on this page is: The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. | An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something. | An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
  • Useful related words include: apogee, termination, mop up, windup.
  • In the example corpus, culmination often appears in combinations such as: culmination of, the culmination, is culmination.

Context around Culmination

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

heartbreaking 1× com 1× inevitable 1× dramatic 1×

Often after:

peter 1×

Sentence patterns with Culmination

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is the culmination of a 2× a heartbreaking culmination of decades 1× as the culmination of escalating 1× at the culmination of the 1× funeral s culmination 1× is the culmination of the 1× is the culmination of years 1× marked the culmination of six 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a long haul 1× cable was the 1× calgary police say 1× cathaoirleach clg loch 1× coming at the 1× crisis on infinite 1×

Common sentence endings:

and older adults 1× end up together 1× from many people 1× funeral s culmination 1× hermosa beach school 1× his magnum opus 1×

Words around Culmination

Just before it in the word index:

culminating 399 culminates 104 culminated 381 culminate 149 culmerland 4 culmer 4

Just after it in the word index:

culmore 4 culms 6 culotta 2 culottes 6 culp 44 culpa 28

Similar in corpus frequency:

amplify 345 archdiocese 345 bangor 345 bot 345 brightly 345 caldwell 345

Corpus analysis for Culmination

  • In this selection, "culmination" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, heartbreaking, com, inevitable and peter stand out and add context to how "culmination" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is the culmination of a and a heartbreaking culmination of decades. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "culmination" sits close to words such as amplify, archdiocese and bangor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with culmination

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In true rom-com culmination, Peter and Rachel end up together. (11 words)

It's a culmination of over 10 years of research and development put into chips developed for iPhones and iPads. (20 words)

Hermosa View, which opened in October, wa the culmination of four years of construction and renovations on the Hermosa Beach School. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Calgary police say a Rocky View County man is facing charges for crimes targeting women working in the sex trade, the culmination of an investigation that began last month and involves the extensive search of a home just outside city limits. (41 words)

David Williams, the founder of Force, said: "Force Walkers Cafe and Terrace is the culmination of a passion for local produce and a deep appreciation for the historical significance of this location, with being a student myself in the past. (40 words)

It’s the culmination of a playwright development program, led by Kathryn Haddad, for early to mid-career playwrights who have been meeting since July of 2022 as they workshopped their plays and discussed issues important to the community. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

A long haul flight on your way to a Test debut can feel like it lasts forever, especially if that first appearance for your country was the a culmination of a lifetime of hard work and sacrifices.

Cable was the culmination of an older plan of Sinister - mixing the Summers and Grey genes - and is a very powerful psionic talent.

Calgary police say a Rocky View County man is facing charges for crimes targeting women working in the sex trade, the culmination of an investigation that began last month and involves the extensive search of a home just outside city limits.

Cathaoirleach CLG Loch Garman, Micheál Martin, expressed his delight by stating: “Today is the culmination of years of planning, financial governance, dedication and hard work from many people.

Coming at the culmination of the “” quest, the final boss battle in Tears of the Kingdom pits Link against his notorious archenemy, Ganondorf.

Crisis On Infinite Earths was the culmination of all of that and it starred every great hero from every age of DC Comics up to the point of its publication.

David Williams, the founder of Force, said: "Force Walkers Cafe and Terrace is the culmination of a passion for local produce and a deep appreciation for the historical significance of this location, with being a student myself in the past.

During those five months, Lola suffered a number of serious injuries while in Bevan’s care, including a black eye and bloody nose, and her murder was seen by investigators as the culmination of escalating violence towards her.

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For Australian diving icon Valerie Taylor, the results of Australia’s first harmonized grey nurse shark () census were a heartbreaking culmination of decades of hard work.

For the families, the procession marked the culmination of six weeks of worrying and wondering about the safety and whereabouts of their relatives, who include children and older adults.

Hermosa View, which opened in October, wa the culmination of four years of construction and renovations on the Hermosa Beach School.

In addition, it is the culmination of the process of saving orangutans, from rehabilitation to the reintroduction of the orangutans to their natural habitat.

In true rom-com culmination, Peter and Rachel end up together.

It all amounted to the inevitable culmination of a night that was all about Trump, even if Trump wasn’t there in person.

It is the culmination of a master animator coming into the fullness of his creative faculties and the spiritual preface to the film that would later go on to become his magnum opus.

It's a culmination of over 10 years of research and development put into chips developed for iPhones and iPads.

It’s the culmination of a playwright development program, led by Kathryn Haddad, for early to mid-career playwrights who have been meeting since July of 2022 as they workshopped their plays and discussed issues important to the community.

It was evident that this victory was the culmination of a season-long strategy aimed at making the most significant race of the year count.

Jonathan London, an expert on contemporary Vietnam, said the “dramatic culmination” of the campaign was “transforming the party at its highest levels”.

Many Germans were in the crowd on Thursday as church bells rang out across Benedict’s native Germany at the funeral’s culmination.

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Common combinations with culmination

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "culmination" in a sentence?
An example: "A long haul flight on your way to a Test debut can feel like it lasts forever, especially if that first appearance for your country was the a culmination of a lifetime of hard work and sacrifices." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "culmination" from authentic English texts.
What does "culmination" mean?
Culmination means: The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
What are synonyms of "culmination"?
Common synonyms of "culmination" include: apogee, termination, mop up, windup, closing, completion, instant, second. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "culmination" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "culmination", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.