How to Use apex in a Sentence
apex
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In the heady 1980s, the Sweaty Dude with a Big Gun genre was at its apex.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
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Say when the sun hits its apex, the clock reads five hours past noon.
—Alex Davies, Wired, 6 Jan. 2021
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The chance to see Ted Williams at the apex of his career was not to be missed.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024
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This might have been the best moment of his life, the apex of the Ferris wheel.
—Rich Cohen, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
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The rhythm is always the same: up, one, two — slight pause at the apex — down, three, four.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
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At 70, Arena is at both the apex and the end of his career.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
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The house is near the apex of Mount Sutro, one of the city’s tallest hills standing at around 900 feet.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2020
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From its apex, the boats below looked like grains of rice.
—Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
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But that proved to be the apex of Kapp’s tenure as Cal head coach.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2023
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The skirt, which sat at the apex of her bump, left the top of her belly exposed.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
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The final shot entered the apex of Brown’s skull, killing him.
—Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 10 June 2020
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Reached the apex of their fame by appearing on the set with Mr. Rogers.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
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The tower on the Catholic church tapers to the sky, but there is no cross at its apex.
—John Branch Tasneem Alsultan, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
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And the Caesar has the potential to be the apex of orders.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 23 July 2024
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But spring 2023 would see the DEI agenda reach the apex of its power.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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More important, though, the world has changed since the town was at its apex.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2020
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Those apexes pass by, but the art of their passage lingers along.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023
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That's well below the apex of nearly 6.9 claims reached in late March.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 10 July 2020
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Simply sit on its peak at the apex of the V, cross your legs, and let your thighs drape down the sides of the cushion.
—Lindsey Lanquist, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
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Tatum and Brown are brothers in this effort to return to the NBA apex.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
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There is a tendency to pin a celebrity down in the apex of their fame.
—Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 2 Feb. 2022
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At the apex of his hustle, that meant pulling 20-hour workdays.
—Luke Winkie, Men's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
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By the time Solomun arrived, Janson was at the apex of his set.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
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With any luck, the viral moment will not be the apex of Minari‘s awards season run, but just the start of it.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 2 Mar. 2021
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Yet the surge of this virus trio is still not as bad as Covid was during the apex of the pandemic.
—Stephanie Elam, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
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Dive into the corners, turn smoothly to nail the apex, and then put down the power.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 10 June 2021
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At the apex of the turn was an intersection with a single road which was the source of the gravel.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
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Mom, quick with the shutter, captures her giggling son at the apex of his flight.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2023
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Some of the show looks backward from the other side of Gibson’s downfall, while some moves forward from her humble origins and still more takes place in media res, at her apex.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
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Despite all of this, and despite interest in the team being at an apex, there’s an aspect of this team that feels decidedly … boring.
—Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
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