Examples of fever pitch in a Sentence
I worked myself up to a fever pitch of enthusiasm.
New allegations brought interest in the scandal to a fever pitch.
Demand for the new car soon reached fever pitch.
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Buzz about a possible rift with the film's star Blake Lively reached a fever pitch when Lively appeared to pose alongside all of her main costars, including Brandon Sklenar and Jenny Slate, while Baldoni walked the red carpet with his wife Emily and his family at the New York premiere on Aug. 6.
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
The animosity between the two leaders reached a fever pitch on Jan. 6, 2021, as a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, and a rioter vandalized Ms. Pelosi’s office and posed for a photo with a boot on her desk.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
This debate has waged for years, but is now reaching a fever pitch as discussion about covenants rages on.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
As the number of people with H-1B visas employed at one time climbed to nearly 600,000 in 2009, unions’ objections reached a fever pitch.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
The animosity between the two leaders reached a fever pitch on Jan. 6, 2021, as a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, and a rioter vandalized Ms. Pelosi’s office and posed for a photo with a boot on her desk.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
This debate has waged for years, but is now reaching a fever pitch as discussion about covenants rages on.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
As the number of people with H-1B visas employed at one time climbed to nearly 600,000 in 2009, unions’ objections reached a fever pitch.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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