How to Use summit in a Sentence

summit

1 of 2 noun
  • The climbers failed to reach the summit.
  • A summit on global warming was held that year.
  • Leaders of several nations attended the economic summit.
  • So what was achieved in the summit?
    Yan Bennett, The Conversation, 15 May 2026
  • Lines to take the cable car up to the summit were hours long.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Here are some of the key takeaways from the summit.
    Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Go inside the high-stakes summit that failed to yield a deal.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Reaching the summit is a dream.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • Reaching the summit is a dream.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Valparaiso’s summit was one of the stops.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, little news came out of the summit on Iran.
    Yan Bennett, The Conversation, 15 May 2026
  • But Soria didn’t touch the summit on those trips.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the parcels purchased last week are south of the summit and are not part of the loop.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Over a year on from that summit, there is not much to celebrate.
    Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
  • From sea to summit, Tohoku’s wild places stun.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The summit will take place amid a sharp sell-off in global bond markets.
    Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • The project rises from the runner-up space back to the summit.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The summit was heavy on rhetoric but revealed few details about next steps.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Iran won't be the only topic at this week's summit.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • That summit, Tatum said, was a turning point.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Last year’s summit was held in Taiwan.
    ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • That is why the summit's language will be worth more than its numbers.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Then a reset summit with Putin.
    Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The trail to the summit ascends the mountain’s south ridge.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
  • As the men descended from the main summit plateau, all three veered off-route to the east.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Volume 2 for the second-most weeks at the summit, with six.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Iran war that began one week ago cast a shadow over the summit.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The Kremlin said there was never a date set for a summit.
    Mariam Khan, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Kremlin said there was never a date set for a summit.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Tickets for the summit are on sale now and available on a sliding scale.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024

summit

2 of 2 verb
  • Maybe one kid wants to fish and the other wants to summit a mountain.
    Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The kids bravely took turns summiting to get a quick snapshot and then ran back down to the windbreak.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Help came in the form of a group of woman climbers who had also just summited and were on their way down to base camp.
    Kendall Trammell and Amanda Watts, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Time may be running out for those markets that have yet to summit the prior peak, Humbinger said.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Purja and his team, which changed slightly between each mountain, didn't just summit and leave.
    Alexandra Svokos, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The goal for this outing is to summit seven of these hilltop landmarks in the center of town.
    Thomas Graham, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • The women’s platoon was the first in the company to summit the final hill of the hike.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The 88-year-old tried and failed to summit the peak, which is India's second-tallest.
    CBS News, 23 June 2019
  • Awe can be found everywhere, from scenic camping spots to summit hikes and on the water itself.
    Brian Higgins, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Each song summited the charts pre-SoundScan.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Stunning photos from the mountain showed climbers waiting in line to summit the mountain.
    Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • Most climbers try to summit Everest in the spring, before the monsoon begins.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Crude has failed to summit the $60 a barrel mark repeatedly over the past week.
    Alex Nussbaum, Bloomberg.com, 26 Mar. 2019
  • Part of it was professional; one mountain had been summited, and the next climb wasn’t much of a thought.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The climbers who summited K2 that day were swept into the heart of a bitter debate.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Most people had had already summited.
    Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Now alone and without climbing equipment, Sasha has one final overhang to summit.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Thrill-seekers and those who want a workout should opt to summit the latter before heading to the namesake state beach just south of the trek.
    Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The big hill that no one in Medvedev’s generation has been able to summit suddenly seemed that much higher.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • If that continues, the stock market can continue to summit fresh peaks, even if multiples fall.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • Earlier in the day, deputies said, the group summited Mount Shasta.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Was there any plan that could include summiting via the Stüdlgrat and then descending in daylight?
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Each year, hundreds of people attempt to summit Mount Everest.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2021
  • Try to summit Washington’s highest peak.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Try to summit Washington’s highest peak.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The sheer amount of talent required to summit that particular mountain is enormous.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • More importantly, the Frogs have the chance to summit the college football mountain.
    Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Big Island summits over 12,000 feet could see a foot or more of snow on Monday.
    ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • If summiting a volcano sounds like a bold way to kick off your Japan itinerary, that climbing window is worth planning around.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
  • His dad holds the record as the youngest person to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen.
    Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025

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