How to Use anticlimactic in a Sentence

anticlimactic

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• Yes, the game ended on a free throw, which was anticlimactic.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
• But getting out of the car and walking up to the first of the cuts felt anticlimactic.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• But in an anticlimactic end to the saga, Tuberville backed down from even those holds.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 19 Dec. 2023
• But this has to be one of the most anticlimactic coronations.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 15 July 2017
• So how could a movie so hellbent on excitement feel so anticlimactic by its end?
  — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
• This is also the month when winter break comes to an end, and that can be anticlimactic for the children in our lives.
  — Mara Duckens, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2018
• The fans were stunned that their hometown hero was taken down in such an anticlimactic fashion.
  — Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
• Sargent was not to blame, of course, that each and every one of those crosses proved anticlimactic.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• By the end of the year, then, the idea of doing disco-ball-dressing seems anticlimactic.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
• By the end of the year, then, the idea of doing disco-ball-dressing seems anticlimactic.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
• That one is going to have a hard time being anything but anticlimactic.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 31 July 2019
• What could be more anticlimactic than learning the results of a race that is no longer contested?
  — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2020
• On a first reading, the stark ending seems anticlimactic.
  — Mary Foskett, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
• Then, at the last minute, an anticlimactic change of heart occurs, and the measure passes along party lines.
  — Nash Jenkins, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
• Some might call this anticlimactic after the Camden win, but don’t tell that to the players.
  — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Besides, each unmasking is stupid and anticlimactic in its own way.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
• The unsigned, two-page opinion was an anticlimactic end to a case once expected to open a new chapter in gun rights.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2020
• The directors play the scene as a non sequitur joke, and as a result, the ending comes off as anticlimactic.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 6 June 2018
• Radford added three points in an anticlimactic second half and finished with a team-high 19.
  — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2022
• And the critical fire scene in Act Two feels rushed and anticlimactic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
• His spot on this roster was always going to be the most obvious and anticlimactic.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
• But in the wake of that buildup, the film's shockingly anticlimactic ending also feels like somewhat of a cop-out.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
• Huang notes that while the experience – and the on-screen results – were anticlimactic, the acting bug still bit.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
• If they are fulfilled to the letter, there's no element of surprise; the event feels anticlimactic.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 1 July 2024
• The book’s coverage of the spy trial should have been a high point but is instead cursory and anticlimactic.
  — Bertrand M. Patenaude, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
• Critics called the finish cheap, staged and anticlimactic.
  — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• Kelnar ended things again in the fifth inning, drawing a walk to trigger the run-rule in an anticlimactic fashion.
  — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
• That show was sort of anticlimactic in that contestants would just fill their shopping carts with frozen turkeys and diapers.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Dec. 2025
• Everything after felt drawn out and kind of anticlimactic.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
• The anticlimactic end to Golden State’s season is still fresh.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024