How to Use culminate in a Sentence

culminate

verb
  • A bitter feud culminated months of tension.
  • His first four at-bats culminated in two doubles and two home runs.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • All of those changes culminate in the best steering feel of any car for sale today.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2021
  • All of that, the pair say, culminates in an ending that will top the ones that came before.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The show will culminate in an electric neon finale.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The event sparked a lifetime of activism, culminating in his role in the march.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The meets will happen in major cities and will culminate in showdowns.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The events of this day, culminating in her suicide, frame the miniseries.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 June 2024
  • And for Cue, the F1 deal is in many ways a culminating event.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Stay tuned for fight week coverage culminating in a live results piece and more.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The videos always culminate in a nearly too-quick shot of the unwrapped item purchased.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The videos always culminate at a nearly too-quick shot of the unwrapped item purchased.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The 15 workouts will culminate with the spring game on May 2.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This plant has a stunning rosette of thick, spiky leaves that culminates in a striking central flower spike.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
  • To help recharge and recover, Sam would take naps and culminate a day's work with yoga.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Cranston is content with leaving the return to four episodes, which culminate in the big party.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The session culminated in two new price-gouging laws.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • All of which culminated in what was on full display Friday night.
    — Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Most of the program is online, culminating in one four-hour in-person practicum.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The play culminates in the first battle of Saint Albans.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The students’ work throughout the school year culminates in an annual art show.
    — Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The event will culminate in a champagne toast at midnight to ring in 2023.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The season will culminate in a championship later in the year.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 June 2025
  • So all of that kind of culminated in having a bad relationship with the league.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The third set in 1856 culminated in a game of kicking a ball with one’s foot.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
  • That movie culminated in a long take that required you to put on your 3D glasses.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The event culminated with a massive amount of fireworks being set off to scare away bad spirits.
    — Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Think of it as six months of shadow work, self assertion, and courage, now culminating in a fiery climax.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The series is coming to an end, culminating in a special later this year.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • That shift has rippled through the awards season, which will culminate with the Oscars in April.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021

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