How to Use ending in a Sentence

ending

noun
  • I didn't like the book's ending.
  • You can often recognize an English adverb by its “-ly” ending.
  • And a life on the brink of ending.
    — Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • What is the point of the ending?
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • But that change is not an ending.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But that ending went a beat too far.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Leila’s ending is so sad to me.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
  • So the twisty ending is a huge change.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • An ending can be a start of a new life too.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Which makes the ending all the more of a shame.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s how that ending felt to me.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That’s what’s so fun about the ending.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t wait for the ending, though.
    — Dave Campbell, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But even still, endings are hard — and scary.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 May 2026
  • His team sees the deal as a start, not an ending.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And to me, that's what the ending's about.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • But maybe this is more than just an ending for one film.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Huff then missed both free throws to seal the bizarre ending.
    — Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But Amell stands by the ending.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The ending of the show packed a punch and left the crowd on their feet.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • There is no grand Beethoven ending.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The ending of this game stung for the Sabres.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Even the ending wasn’t easy for the Rams.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The war in Gaza may be on the verge of ending.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For the love of God, this ending was stupid.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Our love was coming to a slow and painful ending.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • No easy fixes and no tidy endings here.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the quick ending for us all this place gave me so much.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • For me, there’s no other ending of the first year.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 May 2026
  • The twist of the ending provides a clue.
    — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

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