How to Use pinnacle in a Sentence

pinnacle

noun
  • The national team was the pinnacle of that program, and therefore the zenith of the game.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Doing the math, the Bruins might just reach that 10-win pinnacle.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The pay-per-view event quickly became the pinnacle of pro wrestling.
    Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The movement is a hybrid of force and form with a picturesque pinnacle.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • This moment was the pinnacle of Simon’s career, the apex of his life’s work.
    Karl Schroeder, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Long gone are the days when a car phone was the pinnacle of wealth, now replaced by Zoom calls in even the most affordable of new cars.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On the winding route, chokepoints emerge at tree roots and pinnacles.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But what were cruise ships doing near the very pinnacle of the stock market listings?
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of movies can be.
    Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This is like the pinnacle of our career ... coming down and playing for you guys.
    Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Swift’s reign at the pinnacle of pop culture has been one of this year’s biggest stories, not just in the music world.
    Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • These are some of the most important places in the world for a band this is like the pinnacle of our career was coming down and playing for you guys.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Bloom’s answer: For most people, work is just work, not the pinnacle of their life’s purpose.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • On Sunday, Shiffrin reached the pinnacle of Alpine skiing.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2023
  • These are some of the most important places in the world for for a band this is like the pinnacle of our career was coming down and playing for you guys.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The women at the pinnacle of the sport, like Serena Williams, are household names, as the men, like Roger Federer, are.
    Veronica Bruno, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • When Tesla reached the $1 trillion–plus pinnacle, its P/E ratio soared to over 200.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • Managing a national team is not — and has not been for some time — the pinnacle of a coach’s career.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Back then the pinnacle of high achievement hewed to more classical lines—and stereotypes.
    Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 2 May 2023
  • From the pinnacle of its zinc roof on down, the church building is everywhere a muted matte gray.
    Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Girlfriends was the pinnacle of friendship, womanhood and style in the early aughts.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Over 68% of Republicans think Nazis are left-of-center and about 43% say Nazis are the pinnacle of leftism.
    Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The vista trail is a 30-minute hike to the iconic Kachina Woman rock formation—said to be the pinnacle of the vortex energy in the canyon—and is best done at dusk.
    Annie Daly, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
  • She’s the conductor of a renowned, unnamed Berlin orchestra, and is at the height of her career — and the pinnacle of the world of classical music.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Enjoy the pinnacle of air travel with Set Jet - a grand journey that truly belongs to you.
    Set Jet, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The three-peat has become the pinnacle of sports accomplishment.
    Arnie Stapleton, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Caviar Caviar—black gold—is thought of as the pinnacle of European luxury.
    Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The bank, which had amassed some $20 billion in assets at its pinnacle, filed for bankruptcy in July.
    Julian Mark and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • For South Africans, the Comrades had become the pinnacle of distance running, and Mosehla was no exception.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • New Starbucks pumpkin drink The addition of soft pumpkin cream to a chai latte is truly the pinnacle of fall drinks.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2023

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