How to Use zenith in a Sentence

zenith

noun
  • His are the threads of a man at the zenith of his power.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The word denotes the highest point of something — the zenith.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 22 Apr. 2021
  • And just now may be the high tide, the zenith, of construction projects.
    Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2018
  • That moment proved to be the zenith of both careers with the Mets.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 May 2018
  • The big-screen TV fell forward off the wall as the quake reached its zenith.
    Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • The national team was the pinnacle of that program, and therefore the zenith of the game.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • That said, the music industry is still a long way from its zenith.
    Emily Price, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The song rises to what could very well be Gomez’s creative zenith.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Fully charging the battery takes four hours on a cloudless day with the sun at its zenith.
    Joshua Spodek, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The locusts moved west and south, reaching their zenith in Kenya in the early months of this year.
    Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The statement hits its zenith when Rosa finds Mauritz in his study.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The protest is the zenith of a decades-long battle over the site where a dozen observatories already stand.
    NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The noise of the crowd probably reached its zenith when Stricker had three straight birdies on Nos.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2022
  • Both reached their zenith around the turn of the century, but in recent years their box office powers waned.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The tropical sun was at its zenith, and the humidity fairly steamed out of the mushy landscape.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
  • All along the way, father threw batting practice to son, a pastime that reached its zenith three hours north of their home.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
  • Yet these three centuries were, on the contrary, the zenith of the great European empires.
    Daniel Luban, The New Republic, 26 July 2019
  • The tiny-sunglasses trend has quite possibly reached its zenith.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2018
  • For Ohashi, this moment could be the zenith of her athletic career.
    Daron K. Roberts For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
  • At the zenith of her life Ginsburg seemed to embody the perfect blend of gravitas and swagger.
    Rachel Jones, National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2020
  • It’s taken cel shading to its zenith, with the presentation of a playable cartoon.
    Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
  • For girls are taught that the zenith of our lives occurs when we are most deeply inhabited by another.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Bloomberg reports that growth in demand for black gold either has already hit its zenith or nearly there.
    Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The sixth inning was the zenith after Oriente led off with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch but never got home.
    Randy Rosetta, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2018
  • But Shanghvi’s climb to the zenith of the wealth ladder stood for a hope, that meritocracy still has a chance.
    Soma Das, Quartz India, 21 June 2019
  • Get our daily newsletter By then, though, the power of the church had already passed its zenith.
    The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • Now, with tech at its zenith, much of the coverage of the industry is still done by enthusiasts.
    David Streitfeld and Mike Isaac, New York Times, 27 May 2016
  • During that time, the Orion constellation is seen in its zenith above the temple.
    Harish Pullanoor, Quartz India, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Chicken wing prices often rise and fall with the rhythm of sports events, reaching their zenith around the Super Bowl.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But Elizabeth presided over the end of the British Empire rather than its zenith.
    Carolyn Harris, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2022

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