How to Use culminate in a Sentence
culminate
verb- A bitter feud culminated months of tension.
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The chain of events culminated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
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The event sparked a lifetime of activism, culminating in his role in the march.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
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The event will culminate in a champagne toast at midnight to ring in 2023.
—Megan Becka, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
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The events of this day, culminating in her suicide, frame the miniseries.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 June 2024
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But years of entreaties failed to culminate in a meeting.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2022
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The show culminated with Jon shouting out a string of moves — the A-Town stomp, the muscle, the thunder clap, the rockaway — as more dancers flooded the stage.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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His essay positioned the site as the start of an era that would culminate in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
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The film culminates in an epic fight scene between you and Daniel Wu, an icon of Hong Kong cinema.
—Max Gao, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
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The triple feature will culminate with a Q&A with Shatner.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
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The videos always culminate in a nearly too-quick shot of the unwrapped item purchased.
—Rachel Besser, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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The five sessions will culminate with a Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach Havdalah event at 7:45 p.m. on April 2.
—Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2022
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These tests will culminate in a hot-fire test of the rocket's first-stage main engine, the Vulcain 2.1. Setting the table for a launch next year ...
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
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For the first time in its history, the event will culminate in a live broadcast of the final four categories.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
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The stellar show will culminate on April 30, when Venus and Jupiter put on a dazzling display of brightness.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2022
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The battle royale will culminate in the fundraising walk, which has been held at Endicott since 2018.
—Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
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Line accounted for 57 of them, culminating in a 1-yard sneak for the tying score.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
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The jury’s work typically culminates near the end of its term, with the release of reports throughout the spring.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
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The tense meeting with the agents — two men and a woman — culminated in a back-and-forth on civil liberties.
—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
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The movie culminates in a series of courtroom scenes in which a judge — and the audience — must weigh her potential guilt.
—Thomas Rogers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
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The show on Sunday will culminate days of parties across town at a time when a new variant of the illness is spreading across the region.
—Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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Your words, your ideas, your sleepless nights, and the smile that should be on your face —all culminating in someone else’s triumph.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
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For Vinecki, it was all supposed to culminate at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
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The drive culminated in a 15-yard connection from Mason Walsh to tight end Mark Woodard.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
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Hamas and Israel reached an agreement last month for the first phase of a truce that could culminate in permanent ceasefire.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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The song aches with maturity and grace, and culminates in happy tears.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
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Talks would need to take on new life to culminate in a contract, and market conditions could compel the Cowboys to wait.
—Dallas News, 24 June 2022
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The book club will culminate in September with a special grand finale event that has yet to be announced.
—Brittanie Shey, Chron, 16 May 2023
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On Monday the furor culminated in Corrain losing both her book deal and her agent.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
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Yanukovych’s maneuver ignited protests that culminated in the Maidan Revolution, in which over 100 civilians were killed by security forces before Yanukovych fled to exile in Russia.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
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