How to Use high point in a Sentence

high point

noun
  • The windmill sits on the high point of Quail Hill and was built in the mid-1800s.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • That’s a new high point for the tune, which vaults from No. 58.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no doubt in my mind that the high point of my 8th year was getting a bicycle.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • It’s been, no doubt, probably the high point of my career.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • That ended up being the high point of Wheaton’s first season at SMU.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The dramatic high point came last month, in a game against the school’s rival, Colorado State.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • One simple way to measure the wavelength is to measure the distance from one high point to the next—or from one low point to the next.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Redding’s performance of this song was always a high point in his shows.
    Caryn Rose, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • The site is seen as strategic, a high point along a corridor linking Tel Aviv to the Jordan Valley.
    Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • After this emotional high point, One Life struggles to know where to go.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Often, though, rip currents are difficult to see, or best seen from a high point such as a dune line or the top of a beach access.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The emotional high point was Wade bringing his father on stage.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Nine months ago, the Weeknd used a professional high point to herald what may end up the low-water mark of his career.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • One week ago, investors were bracing for the Fed to raise rates by a full percentage point through July and then hold them at that high point for most of the year.
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  • There’s a wicked twist to set up the pairings in the one-on-one marble game (which was also the dramatic high point of the original series).
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The unquestioned high point of his tenure as Georgetown coach came at MSG two seasons ago.
    Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But though Egg stabilized the country and ruled over a harsh winter, the end of his reign wasn’t exactly a career high point.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 17 June 2024
  • The next year, Davis earned All-Pro recognition, the individual high point of his 13-year career. 91.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Why take these executive actions now at this high point in the election season?
    Destinee Adams, NPR, 19 June 2024
  • That kind of triumph would usually be a career high point and a celebrity's most memorable moment from the evening.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 Mar. 2023
  • As inflation appears to have peaked in many major economies, traders bet that central banks were close to their high point in interest rates.
    Eshe Nelson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But Ukrainian forces pushed them out six months later in a stunning offensive operation that now seems like a high point in the war.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • Fortson, a former college receiver who converted to tight end with the Chiefs, is known for his ability to high point the ball.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • My standards began at a pretty high point, because after all, Frank Miller was my baseline.
    Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
  • The red barn stands beneath the branches of a huge apple tree, and the simple writer’s cabin, the roof dotted with several skylights, is set on a high point with a view toward the house and barn.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In this mid-career high point, McCarthy delivered a true American classic, one that will stand for decades.
    Lucas Wittmann, Time, 13 June 2023
  • The high point marks the first-ever música mexicana track to do so, Spotify has confirmed to Billboard Español.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Despite the drop, Anheuser-Busch’s stock has barely faltered and is currently near its high point in the past year, suggesting investors may believe the storm will be short-lived.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In July 2023, the first judicial law was passed by the Israeli parliament, in another high point for Netanyahu and his far-right coalition.
    Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024

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