How to Use culmination in a Sentence

culmination

noun
  • This study is the culmination of years of research.
  • And that’s what this episode does, the culmination in the end.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The move is the culmination of months of tensions in the region.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The star is a culmination of a busy year for the deceased singer.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • In a way, this episode is the culmination of that journey.
    Paul McCallion, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • 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 pitching event was a culmination of weeks of classes and farm work.
    Mariana Alfaro, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The shutdown was the culmination of weeks of conflict with the government and unions.
    Helene Fouquet, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020
  • Yet this is the culmination of work announced three years ago.
    WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • 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 win was the culmination of an insanely long and busy awards season.
    Yohana Desta, HWD, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The summit itself is the culmination of months of intense work.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Jahraus said the invasion is the culmination of his worst fears.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This weekend is the culmination of an unusual two weeks, to say the least.
    Howard Fendrich, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2020
  • The votes represent, in a sense, the culmination of more than a year and half of work from the committee.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • The culmination of the episode was this big presentation on stage.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2022
  • And for people who believe that, this is the culmination.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That was a great culmination, and much more fun to report than the slog that preceded it.
    Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2020
  • That was the culmination of a really special time in our lives.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2020
  • To get to Indianapolis was a culmination of a decade of ups and downs.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2019
  • Dunn’s exit was the culmination of growing strife within the board of trustees.
    Dawn Rhodes, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Tuesday was the culmination of a journey that Borner said has not been easy.
    Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • A-Day was the culmination of a great spring for Johnson.
    Giana Han, al, 18 Apr. 2021
  • For many in the room, this was the culmination of their wildest dreams; the affirmation of their life’s work.
    Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 31 May 2018
  • We’ve been submerged in anxiety for months now and the election is poised to feel like the culmination of it all.
    Anna Borges, SELF, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The film was more than just a culmination of the prior MCU movies.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Clearly, this group is on the same page as the season races towards its culmination.
    Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
  • It’s the culmination of phase one of the district’s strategic planning process.
    cleveland, 19 May 2022

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