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climax
noun as in peak, culmination
verb as in come to top; culminate
Example Sentences
Traditionally, January and the first half of February see a glut of Bafta and Oscar hopefuls being released, all hoping for glory as the climax of awards season approaches.
It doesn’t need to, as Romy’s low, primal, guttural moan at the climax of the sequence says plenty.
An audience of more than 19 million watched the story reach its climax as he drove her and her family into a canal... killing only himself.
After the main mysteries reach their climax, the series jumps forward six months to an ending so tidy and generous and sentimental that it verges on parody.
The film climaxes with a famously chaotic performance at at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where Dylan was booed by some members of the audience for playing an electric set with an amplified band.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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