How to Use culminate in a Sentence

culminate

verb

• A bitter feud culminated months of tension.
• All of this culminates in a blowout argument between Yasmin and Harper in their kitchen.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
• Everything has been culminating to this moment of being able to showcase my abilities to the world.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• That’s ultimately what culminated in the launch of our new flex forward strategy.
  — Amber Burton, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
• The release of its trailer — and 24 character posters! — culminated in many wonderful memes.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• The infamous prom scene is a masterclass in sustained dread, culminating in a psychedelic unleashing of Carrie’s rage.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
• The chain of events culminated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
• The event sparked a lifetime of activism, culminating in his role in the march.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
• The events of this day, culminating in her suicide, frame the miniseries.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The song aches with maturity and grace, and culminates in happy tears.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
• 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
• On Monday the furor culminated in Corrain losing both her book deal and her agent.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• The struggle culminated in 2016 with the election of Mr. Jibas, who promised to take control of the resettlement fund.
  — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• Taking 4 to 5½ hours roundtrip, the train winds up the slopes of the Presidential Range, culminating in a passage over Crawford Notch.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• Bey also included a video of her mom, grooving in a dance that culminates in a playful shrug.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• The story culminates over water, as the last leg of Seydou and Moussa’s odyssey features a reluctant Seydou at the helm of a boat.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• The yearlong buildup will culminate this coming weekend in a grand finale to pick the 2023 song contest’s big winner.
  — Lindsey Weber, Vulture, 9 May 2023
• The game itself was fascinating enough, but the events that culminated with the third-inning incident were the focus of the game.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
• The new research culminated in a 3D map that measures how the universe has been expanding over the past 11 billion years.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
• The easter eggs culminated in a video that nods to touchstones in the Swift-verse, including dice and her signature red lips.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• The case culminated with Holzman, 89, dropping dead in the courthouse during her fight to stop Perry.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• The company’s down year culminated last month in a new proxy fight by Trian Partners.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024