How to Use finale in a Sentence

finale

noun
  • She sung a very difficult song for the finale.
  • So the finale menu took me a long time to think about before going to it.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • The news comes just four days after the Season 2 finale.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 June 2023
  • Ruby Leigh left it all on the stage during the first part of the season finale of The Voice last night.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The finale, like the weekly episodes before it, will air on Fox at 8 p.m. ET.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Water is sprinkled on our heads and lips, and rice thrown as the finale.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
  • Oh, and that Brady appearance near the finale helps, too.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The season 2 finale is slated to hit Prime Video on Aug. 18.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But that wasn’t the end for Season 2 finale bombshells.
    Megan Vick, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The song aired at the climax of the season finale last night (September 24).
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Thus, the predictable occurred once the Sox hit the field, dropping the series finale, 10-3.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • The rest of the episodes will air weekly through the season finale on December 21.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This was the perfect finale for our big first Christmas in our new house.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That being said, the series finale might just be the perfect time to hold the biggest and best bash there is.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The second week of the preseason used to mean more of the team’s starters would play leading up to the finale next weekend.
    Antwan Staley, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The final sign was the sight of Lynch playing with third-stringers in the preseason finale against the Giants.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The leaks were true: Eminem is coming to Fortnite as part of the game’s Chapter 4 finale.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2023
  • What was that like creating the mid-season finale, and how has the feedback been from that?
    Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The series will debut with the first two episodes, and follow up with one new episode each week until the Sept. 21 finale.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 11 July 2023
  • The season finale last year left us with a real cliffhanger.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The right-hander could be called on again this weekend in Sunday’s finale.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Read full article The Guardians cruised through the series finale, scoring two runs in the first, three in the second, and six more in the fourth for an 11-1 lead.
    David Brandt, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
  • In part one, the season finale ended with a time jump and some cliffhanger info.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The six-minute finale — which, again, begins with a long stretch of black screen — features the most clearly heard voices.
    Jon Burlingame, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Each season, the finale winner's name will be engraved on it.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The finale opened in the aftermath, as EZ and Angel mourned the loss of their father at his funeral.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • But in the finale of that first season lies an important contradiction at the heart of the show.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • All of this seemed to fly in the face of everything that happened in that finale sit-down, and the subsequent shouty three-part reunion.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • For a trip this grand, why not plan a big finale and book a night in one of the region's famous luxury tree houses?
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
  • That The Bear is coming back for thirds is no shocker: Season two’s finale left many loose ends for a third season to tie up.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 9 Nov. 2023

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