How to Use maximal in a Sentence

maximal

adjective

• This is where the heart rate is under 70% to 75% of your maximal heart rate.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 26 July 2024
• The size of the fine seems to suggest that it was designed for maximal pressure.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
• Those are so maximal, and this is so minimal and sharp and airy.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2020
• As a minimal red meat eater and a maximal bread eater, my favorite part was the bun.
  — Zoe Glasser, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• That depends, and age is a big factor as the maximal rate declines with age.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
• Donnelly came up with a recipe that was geared for maximal smell, if not taste.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• So style is a factor, of course, but so is maximal comfort.
  — Julie Tong, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2021
• On the maximal side, Jan Kath and Serge Lesage showed rugs that easily take center stage in any room.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 23 Jan. 2023
• Swoboda’s maximal sweat rate topped three and a half liters an hour.
  — Bill Gifford, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
• And so the health care system is not going to see maximal resource utilization told closer to the end of the month.
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2021
• The maximal version of the plan would be a serious mistake.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 27 Apr. 2022
• Lift three to six sets of eight to twelve reps using the maximal weight possible, and rest for 30 to 90 seconds between sets.
  — K. Aleisha Fetters, Outside Online, 19 June 2019
• The idea is to approach maximal effort with the single-leg hold, but stop short of complete failure.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 21 May 2020
• Pythons had a 4 to 6 times greater maximal gape area than similarly-sized brown tree snakes.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
• Arnold says that pieces range in styles from warm and minimalist to modern and maximal.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
• Unlike many who took a traditional path, Zeplain’s brain was wired to find the maximal amount of value in the shortest amount of time.
  — Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• This 7-ply maple e-board has a bold, bright design on its grip tape for a maximal look that’ll invite glances from onlookers.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
• And the outer sole is made from super sticky rubber for maximal traction.
  — Men's Health, 25 Feb. 2023
• Those lenses provide maximal coverage, nestling in tight under the brows and dropping close to the cheek.
  — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• The gut has its maximal contractions in the morning and after eating.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• On the flip-side, should maximal impact be the goal of your timepiece, then the Dior Grand Bal Supernatural is surely the answer.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 9 Dec. 2022
• Worse, the maximal approach also extended to many of the booths themselves, especially in the main section of the fair.
  — Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• With little to no fillers, the granules of this product have maximal potency.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023
• Over the years of writing this column, several readers have asked me how best to predict maximal heart rate (HRmax).
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2022
• A year to learn to aim not for perfection in knowledge but for maximal impact even while considering the trade-offs.
  — Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2020
• Elliot’s taken a maximal approach to the staging that, piled on top of Seavey’s already maximal script, makes less out of more.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
• Intensity had to be high enough to push your heart rate into the target zone of at least 70 percent of the maximal possible rate.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2017
• The maximal minimums These are the places that have minimum wage of $15 or higher as of January 1.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2020
• While odds are poor of hitting at maximal range, larger and slower aircraft are exactly the kind that will struggle most to evade.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
• The maximal value of the indefinite delivery contract is $1.04 million over an up to five-year performance term.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024