at the height of

phrase

: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)

He was at the height of his fame when he died.

Examples of at the height of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Back in March at the height of the country’s fuel crisis – about a month after the start of the Iran war – people in Manila marched toward the country’s presidential palace to express discontent with steeply rising energy prices. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Carey Price was at the height of his powers, a dominant player in the NHL, and Kreider was seen as the one who put an end to all of that. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

The first festival screenings finally took place at the Berlinale in 2020, where a spinoff feature and six-hour TV series provoked outrage at the height of the #MeToo movement. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

During 2024, at the height of the phone snatching trend, there were 80,000 such offenses across London. — Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for at the height of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove