How to Use grand finale in a Sentence

grand finale

noun
  • All of the performers came on stage for the opera's grand finale.
  • The biggest event was the year’s grand finale, the World Cup in Qatar.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Your last step is the grand finale: the call to action (CTA).
    Marc Hardgrove, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • An Evening at Casa Azul will be the grand finale on Oct. 15.
    Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The grand finale was the perfect way to cap off the weekend.
    Tabnie Dozier, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Stranger Things fans will have to wait a while longer for their grand finale.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Be sure to end with one of these Valentine's Day treats for the grand finale.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Of course, the grand finale also includes the burning of the Mona Lisa.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Well, The Voice is not playing around with their grand finale event.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Dessert, the grand finale, is a yule log, or bûche de Noël -- the French version of a Christmas cake.
    Shivani Vora, CNN, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The search for the afikomen, a piece of matzo hidden earlier in the evening, is the Seder’s grand finale.
    Aliza Abarbanel, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, day 25 comes with seven beauty finds for the grand finale.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
  • With that, the game has its grand finale all set up, with two players ready to kill each other.
    Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
  • For the grand finale, Bini was able to go back to the basketball stunt and complete a slam dunk.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2021
  • Maybe this is the grand finale of a slow coup d’état, after which some version of the gangs will manage to take power.
    Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And for the grand finale, SJP stars in a moving montage of fashion hits—both onscreen and off.
    Jorden Bickham, Vogue, 22 June 2023
  • The villains escape, however, and this leads to the grand finale.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Or that grand finale when Joey and Dawson finally kiss for the very first time?
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2024
  • After battling through two rounds, the winning teams compete in the grand finale for a prize.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The crime spree The 1985 Modesto robberies were the grand finale of a crime spree that consummated the three‐year romance of Davis and Edwards.
    Time, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Tune in on Friday to watch the first seven episodes of the season, followed by the two-part grand finale on July 1.
    Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 23 May 2022
  • The grand finale in March will highlight the taste of Italy, Queitsch's personal favorite.
    Tasmiyah Randeree, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The moon has been putting on an incredible show all month, but tonight is its grand finale.
    oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Even before the audience heard a note of Monday evening’s grand finale, the event was already a coup of sorts.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Across the pond, the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest is under way.
    Arjun Singh, National Review, 17 May 2022
  • And for the grand finale, personal lemon curd tarts were paired with a house dessert wine for guests to enjoy while stargazing.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 25 July 2022
  • First Simmons, then Walker, then Jeter, the grand finale and the speaker who caught Mays’ attention the most.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021
  • And for a grand finale, there will be Friday Night with Fonseca.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The grand finale of the week was a tour of the home of Gunsite’s late founder, an imperious and erudite racist named Jeff Cooper.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Moreover, in the grand finale of the closing scenes, there should be one clear and sudden revelation that seals the fate of the villain.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022

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