How to Use finality in a Sentence

finality

noun
  • And that makes the finality of it all kind of hit you like a ton of bricks.
    Mark Maske, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2021
  • To many, twilight suggests finality: the end of a day, the end of a career, the end of a life.
    Bonnie Tsui, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Having their backs pinned to the wall forces the Eagles to come face-to-face with the finality in front of them.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • For the first time in years, there is a happy finality to the season.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Tenaglia says her quest is driven by the quality of the work, and the sense of finality of it.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019
  • In the past a report like this would give some sense of finality.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The last time there was no sense of the moment, sense of finality, sense of closure.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • This will not be the finality of our seasons from here on out.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 28 May 2022
  • The Cowboys starters will go a few rounds, but the cold and finality of it all will get to Dallas in the second half.
    Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • So there is no finality in the Cubs broadcasts, just for us.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But, well, there was the same feeling of finality on this night there was a a year ago in Oakland.
    Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
  • The finality of the situation hit home as Garza left the court in the game's final minute.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The dogs didn’t know the sound of bagpipes indicated the start of the service, the finality of goodbye.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
  • As the Ravens moved closer and closer to the end zone on Sunday night, there was a sense of finality to what the next few minutes held.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But with rain, perhaps, the crowd won’t be as large and, thus, the finality not as emotional.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Even so, there is a feeling of finality to Bryant’s return to Wrigley.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Yet the score does not reach any sense of finality, as the story is still unfolding.
    Jon Burlingame, Variety, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The fantasy decays as the finality of all this death sets in.
    Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2017
  • Rodgers is, of course, no stranger to working under pressure, so the weight of this finality didn’t derail him in the process.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Part of what makes the finality of this season so difficult for the Saints to grasp is how special this team was.
    Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Cutler’s career has a sense of finality to it, even at his younger age.
    Mark Maske, The Denver Post, 8 May 2017
  • Cutler's career has a sense of finality to it, even at his younger age.
    Mark Maske, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2017
  • The thing about special drives like that is the painful finality of things when emotions crash headlong into the guardrail.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Even with the finality of a guilty verdict, sincere apologies are hard to come by.
    Lisa Bonos, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The title does have an air of at least temporary finality to it, as if the cupboard is bare.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One poor game, one blowout loss and some leap to a conclusion about the series finality.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 28 May 2017
  • There’s a finality about a sunset that kinda stayed with me throughout the whole process.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Pinales said neither lawyer had any idea that finality would come the next morning.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 22 May 2024
  • That has included the growth of limited series that offer the promise of closure and finality, creating arcs with a clear beginning and end.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 1 July 2024
  • The passage was neatly written, as if crafted thoughtfully and with finality.
    Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024

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