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Meanings of denouement in английском

The conclusion or resolution of the plot in a play, film, or the like.

Usage of denouement in английском
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The denouement of the drama at once grew up before my eyes.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
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However, this was not some sort of denouement from his usually-abrasive stance.
The South African
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The denouement came in a way of which I had no prescience.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 / Devoted t...
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Like a whodunnit where the denouement is that it was natural causes.
The Guardian
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Yes, madame, a romance the denouement of which is in your hands.
File No. 113
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Men, women, and children gathered on the corners to witness the denouement.
Beulah
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How could all of those plots and interests meet and find denouement?
Wired
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What happens in the denouement is kind of up in the air.
Rogues
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As for myself, it is a tragical denouement of an absurd plot.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
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The denouement of the story of the radioactive Boy Scout is sad.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
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But there were no pat resolutions, nor any comforting moments of denouement.
Wired
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This was a gripping Masters denouement, with Woods playing a leading role.
The Guardian
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Michael Myers's earlier fleeting appearances are as memorable as the desperate denouement.
The Irish Times
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Could I bring it to any denouement whatever, either sooner or later?
The Master of the World
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The book says all plays end in crisis, denouement and catastrophe.
Bab: A Sub-Deb
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The denouement may be related most appropriately in the language of Mr. May:
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 /...
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