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.
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Their bromance reaches a fever pitch when Sloan begins believing that Shepherd is trying to poach Avery for neurosurgery.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Tom Steyer, a progressive hedge fund executive turned climate activist, pitched himself as the populist candidate as anger at California’s high cost of living and billionaires’ recent forays into politics has reached a fever pitch.
—Lia Russell
february 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
For the last decade or so, a global resource war has been working its way to a fever pitch.
—Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The San Francisco native has been surrounded by controversy for many years, with global scrutiny and media coverage reaching a fever pitch during her 2022 Olympics debut in Beijing.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Tom Steyer, a progressive hedge fund executive turned climate activist, pitched himself as the populist candidate as anger at California’s high cost of living and billionaires’ recent forays into politics has reached a fever pitch.
—Lia Russell
february 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
For the last decade or so, a global resource war has been working its way to a fever pitch.
—Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The San Francisco native has been surrounded by controversy for many years, with global scrutiny and media coverage reaching a fever pitch during her 2022 Olympics debut in Beijing.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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