Sentence examples for climax it from inspiring English sources

The real disappointment of Watchmen the movie is not its stodgy pacing or its unconvincing climax, it's the way it treats its female characters.

At its climax it is almost nightmarishly mechanistic, yet that quality quickly evaporates, leaving only simple, slow-moving chimes at the end.

Talk suggests their default setting is wistful-sweet, and when it builds to its climax it's like being barraged by sugar.

By 11 May the Kerch campaign was reaching its climax; it ended in complete victory for the Germans and their allies eight days later.

At its violent climax it mingles with the Dies irae, and the vision ends".

But the play really comes alive during the second half – even for those fully aware of the outcome – and when the court scene reaches its grim climax it is impossible not to feel as outraged as you did the first time you read the book.

Although the climax of On Chesil Beach revolves around the fact that it is, in fact, an anti-climax, it is enough to garner him a nomination for the Literary Review's Bad Sex award.

If it was an effort to save his voice for the climaxes, it was an unfortunate compromise.

As the music heads to repeated climaxes, it can resemble an ecstatic release or the last thrashings of a captured animal.

When skiers who are used to the Alps first experience North America's resorts they commonly complain that the scenery is a bit of an anti-climax – it's often gently rolling rather than sharp and pointy.

And what an anti-climax it will be for manager Hodgson and his players if England are left playing for nothing other than pride in their final group game in Belo Horizonte.