Synonyms for culminating

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhl-muh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl məˌneɪt

Définition of culminating

Origin : 1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating.

adj climactic

Example sentences :

When he had said it, he took a culminating pinch of snuff, and put his box in his pocket.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

And then Mr. Gollop sat up and grinned with the culminating joy of the morning!
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

On November 3, the trouble in Colombia reached its culminating point.
Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer

The culminating point in his good fortune was reached in the following autumn.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

This was the culminating point of anxiety with their friends.
Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Miami » by Edward S. Ellis

It is not often that they will attain these culminating heights of spiritual exaltation.
Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband

All that he loved in poetry and nature, had in it something craggy and culminating.
Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy

To an independent, proud, and self-made man it was the culminating stroke.
Extract from : « Clarence » by Bret Harte

We have said that the culminating incidents of the drama began on the night of the 26th.
Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne

It will be the latest chapter, climax and culminating point, of his perfidy!
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

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