Sample Sentences for
culminate
(editor-reviewed)

Show 3 more sentences
  • What had happened in the past four or five months to culminate in such a feeling?†  (source)
  • Programs scheduled to culminate in two years became outmoded in six months, and crowds of men gathered for them in one place were dispersed to twenty others.†  (source)
  • Leo's whole life—his childhood with Tia Callida; his mother's death in that warehouse fire; his years as a foster kid; his months at Camp Half-Blood with Jason and Piper—all of it would culminate tomorrow morning in one final battle.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 5 word variations
  • Tate lifted the painting of the feather—a profusion of hundreds of the thinnest brushstrokes of rich colors culminating into a deep black so reflective it seemed sunlight was touching the canvas.†  (source)
  • Mom flailing and screaming in the street was the culmination of the things I hadn't seen.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Entering in a parade of nations and standing at attention, the athletes were treated to a thunderous show that culminated in the release of twenty thousand doves.†  (source)
  • This all seemed to culminate one night with my most vivid memory as a child.†  (source)
  • The clash culminates several weeks after Enrique arrives, when Maraa Isabel telephones collect and her call is rejected because some of the immigrants in the trailer do not know who she is.†  (source)
  • A number of small scuffles broke out in the corridors, culminating in a nasty incident in which a Gryffindor fourth year and a Slytherin sixth year ended up in the hospital wing with leeks sprouting out of their ears.†  (source)
  • The culmination of the What Will Sophie Mol Think?†  (source)
  • The principle of the 'inviolability of the individual' culminated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen adopted by the French National Assembly in 178V.†  (source)
  • Thus commencing a cycle that can only culminate in further anger and distress.†  (source)
  • The second act concerns the love affair between young George Gibbs and little Emily Webb, and thus culminates in a moving wedding scene, which contains all those elements of poignant sorrow and abundant happiness that make for solemnity and impressiveness.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)