Definition: 1. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. 2. The decisive moment in a novel or play. 3. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
Use 'climax' in a sentence:
1. They've just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
2. It looks as if the battle is moving to its climax.
3. At the climax Peck trains a gun on the villain.
4. This group of brilliant paintings reaches the climax of the painter's artistry.
5. The ending of the story pushed the performance to another climax.
6. The election campaign reaches its climax next week.
7. His intervention brought their quarrel to a climax.
8. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focussed in this waiting group.
9. In the climax of the display the heavens seem on fire.
10. It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety.
11. Their conduct in this affair caps the climax of absurdity.
12. Enterprises " internal logistics transformation projects have come to their climax. "
13. The climax of this civilization was the Mississippian culture.
14. He used climax and word repetition in the speech.
15. The revolutionary upsurge reached its climax in bitter street fighting.
16. The Greek debt crisis brought matters to a climax.
17. The start of the climax ; reaching the throne room.
18. For Pritchard, reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career.
19. Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
20. His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.
21. Climax did make it into Latin from Greek, but before Greek the roots of climax are utterly logical.
22. The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes.
23. The meeting was brought to a climax by her appearance on the stage.
24. At the climax of the disease the virus was detected in the lungs.
25. Hopefully, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II provides the epic climax the series deserves.
26. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
27. The climax to the operation came when, on 5 May 1971, part of the ship's frame was uncovered.
28. This passage foreshadows the climax of the story.
29. In that case, the climax community would be considered the most stable, since, by definition, it changes the least over time.
30. For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career.
31. This well established town is a fitting climax for a journey to the unknown.
32. The second day is the water splashing day when the celebrations reach a thrilling climax.
33. Hardly had the football match gone into climax when It'started to rain.
34. At least in temperate zones, maximum diversity is often found in mid-successional stages, not in the climax community.
35. The music builds up to a rousing climax.
36. The photosynthetic responses determine the habitat of p. rubens and p. mariana in the climax forest.
37. A ladder leans so the Greeks and Romans called it a climax.
38. The story works up to a climax as it draws to a close.
39. In some climax communities, there is slow accumulation of net ecosystem production.
40. The climax came in May.
41. Compare his reluctance here with his announcement of a prophecy at the climax of the Antigone.
42. The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
43. There is no evidence for such an interacting communicative network in a climax plant formation.
44. Ecologists concluded that the apparent stability of climax ecosystems depended on their complexity.
45. For Clements, the climax was a "superorganism", an organic entity.
46. In contrast, a complex climax community, such as a temperate forest, will tolerate considerable damage from weather to pests.
47. Even some authors who accepted the climax concept rejected Clements' characterization of it as a superorganism, and it is indeed a misleading metaphor.
48. In that case, climax communities would be the most fragile and the least stable, since they can require hundreds of years to return to the climax state.
49. Gleason's arguments against climax and biome are largely valid against ecosystems as well.
50. Support for this idea came from the observation that long-lasting climax communities usually have more complex food webs and more species diversity than pioneer communities.
51. The festival will climax on Sunday with a gala concert.
52. The sensational verdict climaxed a six-month trial.
53. The climax came one sultry August evening.
54. The final stage of a succession, called the climax by Clements and early ecologists, is likewise not predictable or of uniform composition.
55. The first community in a succession is called a pioneer community, while the long-lived community at the end of succession is called a climax community.
