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bookend
[ book-end ]
noun
- a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else:
two events that served as bookends to my career.
verb (used with object)
- to occur or be located at the beginning and end of:
His term in office was bookended by crises.
Example Sentences
Alt and left tackle Rashawn Slater were star bookends for an offensive line that set a strong foundation for the future under Harbaugh.
Her death, largely contrived by Cromwell at the behest of his prince, bookends the 2015 adaptation and opens the 2025 sequel, creating a kind of illusion that the ten years separating them never existed.
The final moments of Season 2 were a nerve-racking bookend to that initial search.
In Bravo terms, Trump is at the center of the commercial bumper used to bookend ad breaks and each episode’s opening taglines.
Between these career bookends, Brody has worked steadily in various roles that show his range as an actor.
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