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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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The love affair between fashion and sport reached a fever pitch this year.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Fans of all things macabre are eagerly awaiting the release of filmmaker Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu on Christmas Day, and the film’s promotional cycle is currently reaching a fever pitch.
—Jocelyn Silver, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
The murder of Brian Thompson — and the public’s reaction to it — shows that frustration with corporations has reached a fever pitch.
—Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business Review, 12 Dec. 2024
But the conversation hit fever pitch when Holmes posted photos with his daughter Sabine, 11, who was his date at the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball on Friday, December 6 in Los Angeles.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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