fever pitch

noun

: a state of intense excitement and agitation

Examples of fever pitch in a Sentence

I worked myself up to a fever pitch of enthusiasm.

New allegations brought interest in the scandal to a fever pitch.

Demand for the new car soon reached fever pitch.

Recent Examples on the Web

Under Beijing’s latest five-year conservation blueprint, the demand for sand-fixing technology that is both long-lasting and ecologically benign has reached a fever pitch. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

Introducing The Agentic Attacker Across the cybersecurity industry, anxiety over the exploitation of frontier AI models has been at fever pitch, particularly following Anthropic’s announcement of Claude Mythos Preview in April. — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

So often in a final, when nerves are at a fever pitch, the forehand is the stroke that is the least stable. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026

In the Tahoe basin, opposition to the herbicide reached a fever pitch after an article chronicling the Forest Service’s use of the chemical across California appeared in Mother Jones magazine. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fever pitch

• bewitch
• caliche
• distich
• enrich
• bitch
• ditch
• fiche
• glitch
• hitch
• ich
• itch
• kitsch