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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While the heat packed a punch Monday, the hazardous heat will reach a fever pitch Tuesday.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Paranoia reaches a fever pitch this Emmy season with spy thrillers that imagine intelligence agencies as semicompetent puppet masters orchestrating nightmarish scenarios in opposition to, or in cahoots with, megalomaniac billionaires bent on ruling the world.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Carlson, who has sparred online with other right-wing media personalities that have advocated for a stronger U.S. defense of Israel, meanwhile seems undeterred by Trump’s digs at him as the situation in the Middle East reaches a fever pitch.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 17 June 2025
The situation reached a fever pitch at a recent dinner.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Paranoia reaches a fever pitch this Emmy season with spy thrillers that imagine intelligence agencies as semicompetent puppet masters orchestrating nightmarish scenarios in opposition to, or in cahoots with, megalomaniac billionaires bent on ruling the world.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Carlson, who has sparred online with other right-wing media personalities that have advocated for a stronger U.S. defense of Israel, meanwhile seems undeterred by Trump’s digs at him as the situation in the Middle East reaches a fever pitch.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 17 June 2025
The situation reached a fever pitch at a recent dinner.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 31 May 2025
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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