high point
noun
: the best time or stage of something
Our trip to the museum was the high point of our vacation.
the high point of her career
Examples of High Point in a Sentence
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Boundary Cone is a geologic promontory — a high point of land — near the Black Mountains in Mohave County.
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Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
Furiosa’s high point features a gleaming 16-wheeler truck — a gear-head war machine that Miller stages like the locomotive climax of a silent movie — and an homage to his own Road Warrior, from 1982.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor and also starring Glenn Ford, is considered a high point in screen legend Hayworth’s career.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
This workshop is a high point of the experience for many festival-goers who find release from writing their feelings into a song.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The high point was 1990, when the A’s averaged 35,805 per game, drew 2,900,217 fans and trailed only Toronto (3,995,294) and the L.A. Dodgers (3,002,396).
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
At the time, women’s basketball was at a high point.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The momentum would’ve been there regardless of how the road trip began — the team has been playing pretty good basketball for the last month, but the win against the Bucks in Milwaukee felt like a high point for the team this season.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
Furiosa’s high point features a gleaming 16-wheeler truck — a gear-head war machine that Miller stages like the locomotive climax of a silent movie — and an homage to his own Road Warrior, from 1982.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor and also starring Glenn Ford, is considered a high point in screen legend Hayworth’s career.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
This workshop is a high point of the experience for many festival-goers who find release from writing their feelings into a song.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
The high point was 1990, when the A’s averaged 35,805 per game, drew 2,900,217 fans and trailed only Toronto (3,995,294) and the L.A. Dodgers (3,002,396).
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
At the time, women’s basketball was at a high point.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The momentum would’ve been there regardless of how the road trip began — the team has been playing pretty good basketball for the last month, but the win against the Bucks in Milwaukee felt like a high point for the team this season.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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High Point
geographical name
city in north central North Carolina southwest of Greensboro population 104,371
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