How to Use extreme in a Sentence

extreme

1 of 2 adjective
  • Many thought that the punishment was too extreme for the crime.
  • The plant is sensitive to extreme heat and cold.
  • The plan was rejected as too extreme.
  • She went on an extreme diet.
  • He has extreme opinions when it comes to politics.
  • Members of the extreme right opposed the legislation.
  • They are living in extreme poverty.
  • This is an extreme example of what can happen when a company grows too quickly.
  • Both the state and the city framed things in less extreme terms.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The extreme pogo stick stunt team will flip across The Backyard every day of the fair.
    Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • The cuts of the shop’s suits honor the extreme drape look of the ’40s, Estrella says, but over the years colors and fabrics have evolved.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • This is an amazing bean that can withstand and even prosper in the most extreme heat and drought.
    Sean Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.
    oregonlive, 13 May 2023
  • Heat Stroke Too much heat exposure and extreme heat can cause heat stroke.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Teen girls are caught in an extreme wave of sadness and violence, CDC warns.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • Dance Wire walking and rock climbing count as extreme sports.
    The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The results ranged from nothing to extreme side effects, one of which damaged her gut.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction and traversing Discovery+ will take you on a journey of extreme fact-finding.
    Briana Richert, James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2024
  • He was made to sleep with Helen Moses, Saul Newton’s sixth wife, under extreme duress.
    Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
  • A little bit more extreme version of that is dying and coming back.
    Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • And in some cases, such as during Australia’s recent extreme heat waves, both baby birds and adult birds have dropped dead due to the heat.
    Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The extreme cliffhanger was a deliberate move on Cahn’s part.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Still, the company is trying to address workers’ well-being in the extreme heat.
    Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The cast and crew suffered from altitude sickness and the extreme cold conditions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
  • People’s bodies have not yet acclimated to the heat and there is a extreme risk of drowning in open water that is both cold and fast this time of year.
    oregonlive, 15 May 2023
  • Watching her daughter’s own history-making run on the show inspired her to get into a gym and try her hand at the extreme sport.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The extreme heat is nothing new to Phoenix residents, who are coming out of the hottest summer ever recorded.
    Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The misshapen cells stick together in vessels and cut off blood flow and oxygen, causing extreme pain.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The problems created by extreme heart are not limited to US farms.
    WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While the waists were much more extreme on the runway, in real-world situations, think corsets and cinched silhouettes.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
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extreme

2 of 2 noun
  • His mood changed from one extreme to the other.
  • After spending lavishly for years, the company has now gone to the opposite extreme and has cut expenses drastically.
  • In that way, the park has always been a place of extremes.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • That’s a self-portrait that has long been fatuous in the extreme.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Any one of the issues could go to great extremes and cause big disruption.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The emotions also felt muted to the extreme throughout.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • As part of that goal, the Kremlin sought to unite Germany’s political extremes from the left and right.
    Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And for internet fiends, the 11-character video IDs on Youtube take this to an extreme.
    Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Sweeney's drapey Givenchy ’fit, consisting of an open-back top and matching maxi skirt, took the red-carpet see-through trend to the extreme.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Record-setting events struck all over the planet this year, a harbinger of new extremes to come.
    E&e News, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Now is not the time for businesses and nonprofits to go to extremes either.
    Eric Reicin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • This new version of Ocean takes the electric crossover to the extreme with a cornucopia of off-road goodies.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 10 May 2023
  • Samir Dhurandhar, chef-partner at Nick & Sam’s in Dallas, takes it to the extreme.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • But the videos take the notion of restocking to its logical extreme.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2024
  • For instance, Nayeon loves to play a game of extremes, where members are forced to choose between two tough choices.
    Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The impact of such weather extremes is hard to miss and India’s poor are among the most vulnerable.
    Heather Chen, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • The number of days the soil experienced heat extremes increased twice as fast.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • My wife has immersed herself in politics to the extreme.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • How Addie’s early work had taken that idea to an extreme.
    Camille Bordas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.
    Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • For researchers like Cobb who pay close attention to extremes, 2023 already has them in spades.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But people in China are feeling the extremes this summer.
    Chris Mooney, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Makueni County, a corner of southern Kenya that’s home to nearly a million people, is a land of extremes.
    WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
  • While open debate is hardly a novel concept, the Dodgers have tried to take it to productive extremes.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Democracies are inherently like this, of course, but the U.S. is sort of extreme in this regard.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 June 2023
  • To make the Fleetwood fit this role, Cadillac has pushed its styling and handling to extremes inappropriate to the size and design of the new C-bodies.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson’s dramatic exit is the latest — but maybe not the last — chapter in a career of extremes.
    Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • The ladies of Orange are back and this season, friendships are tested and relationships are pushed to the extreme as Tamara Judge returns to the show.
    oregonlive, 7 June 2023
  • Those extremes were reflective of Brenner's mercurial nature on and off the field for the club.
    The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Prices were higher, but so many people took advantage of the deal—and some to a gluttonous extreme—that earnings tumbled.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024

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