climax
noun
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
was climaxing
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past progressiveof climax.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The business of the evening was climaxing: the whigs missing two of their number, were in quite a spasm of doubt and fear.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
