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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Debates over what to do next have reached a fever pitch, and, with President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans moving swiftly to reshape all things Washington, the stakes could not be higher for the party and the country.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
After stops in San Diego and the Bronx, bidding reached a fever pitch for one of the best hitters in the game, who was still only 26 years old.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Russia’s assaults on the Kursk salient had been intensifying for the past few weeks but reached a fever pitch on Sunday.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Anti-Israel activity at Columbia University reached a fever pitch last spring with an infamous encampment on the campus quad.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
After stops in San Diego and the Bronx, bidding reached a fever pitch for one of the best hitters in the game, who was still only 26 years old.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Russia’s assaults on the Kursk salient had been intensifying for the past few weeks but reached a fever pitch on Sunday.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Anti-Israel activity at Columbia University reached a fever pitch last spring with an infamous encampment on the campus quad.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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