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Definition of Climaxing
1. climax [v] - See also: climax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Climaxing
Literary usage of Climaxing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday School: An Evangelistic Opportunity by Frederick Watson Hannan (1920)
"... climaxing as nearly as possible the general truth of the day's teaching, but
climaxing specifically the truth embodied in the Scripture lesson, ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Then came the climaxing stroke — the accolade, so to speak — which in a single
instant transmuted the perishable dross of notoriety into the enduring gold ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"Today the present State Board of Agriculture, with Mr. TL Calvert as its secretary,
are climaxing the history of the past with grander strides of success ..."
4. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"The vision quest consisted of an extended fast, climaxing in a vision of the
manitos, one of whom would serve as lifelong guardian for the faster. ..."