How to Use culmination in a Sentence

culmination

noun
  • This study is the culmination of years of research.
  • This would be the culmination of years of work on his body.
    — Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Here was the kind of culmination of this school nerd’s dream to go.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This is the culmination of a process at work.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s what this episode does, the culmination in the end.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The star is a culmination of a busy year for the deceased singer.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • This neck fusion surgery is the culmination of years of wear and tear.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Bad actions are the culmination of bad thoughts and bad words.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • This movie in a lot of ways is a culmination of a life's work building up to this point.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The game was the culmination of a weekend’s worth of events.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Sykes clearly loves cars, so this would be a culmination of much of his life’s work to date.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • An onion is not just an onion, but the culmination of months of work and the alchemy of sun and soil.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The vote is partly the culmination of events set in motion two years ago.
    — CBS News, 6 June 2024
  • That is the culmination of one’s work in a grad program, to get to have a thesis show.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • The pitching event was a culmination of weeks of classes and farm work.
    — Mariana Alfaro, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • But the film also feels like a culmination.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
  • The move is the culmination of months of tensions in the region.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The shot was the culmination of a journey that wasn’t always easy.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Jahraus said the invasion is the culmination of his worst fears.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This is the culmination of a year-and-a-half-long campaign to move the football team across the state line.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Or maybe this was just the culmination of his game trending in the right direction of late.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • The play at the end of the game was the culmination of tension that had been building throughout.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • Her death marks the culmination of a lifetime of activism.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Her death marks the culmination of a lifetime of activism.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The culmination of years of hard work and dedication, and two dreams came true in one swing.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The month of May brought the culmination of years of hard work for many college students.
    — Vanessa Duplessie, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Dean says her job now feels like the culmination of all those experiences.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • But frankly, it was born from a culmination of years of requests from fans for her haircare routine.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The song’s culmination is an OD being dealt with in the old-school way.
    — Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • But the beginning of the season is the culmination of her life.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025

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