Example Sentences

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Ben, Cassie and Evan converge at the base in an awkward meeting that segues into a remarkably unclimactic climax.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2016

Only a few minutes after introducing a very small cast of fairly unsympathetic characters, the movie cuts straight to a distinctly unclimactic disaster, which doesn’t kill anyone.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2014

It is rather the slow, loquacious, unclimactic storytelling: there is the flash of gunfire now & then, but most of the lead is in the script.

From Time Magazine Archive