How to Use fever pitch in a Sentence

fever pitch

noun

• Demand for the new car soon reached fever pitch.
• I worked myself up to a fever pitch of enthusiasm.
• New allegations brought interest in the scandal to a fever pitch.
• By the 1980s, though, pothunting had hit a fever pitch.
  — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 8 July 2021
• The buzz around Mel Tucker reached a fever pitch this week.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Nov. 2021
• Things reached a fever pitch when Drake stayed at the hotel last month.
  — Liam Stack, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• Back and forth the voices went, at fever pitch, a tug-of-war on a rope that is about to snap.
  — ELLE, 24 June 2022
• Tempers may flare as the stress of the season reaches a fever pitch.
  — Elise Hannum, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
• As the team nears the end of the 2021 season, questions about the coach’s future have reached a fever pitch.
  — Amanda Kaschube, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• This year, however, the event’s reach has hit a fever pitch.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
• Lucky for him, the demand for proteas has reached fever pitch.
  — Sunset Magazine, 30 Dec. 2021
• But these criticisms have reached a fever pitch over the past two years.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 Mar. 2021
• The live webcams from explore.org have increased the interest in the bears to a fever pitch.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022
• For more than a year, crypto mania has been at a fever pitch.
  — New York Times, 15 Jan. 2022
• The threats, which had already begun pouring in, reached a fever pitch.
  — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2022
• The tour shattered commercial records and brought the buzz around the singer-songwriter to a fever pitch.
  — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
• During the pandemic, that process reached a fever pitch.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Opposition to the plan had by then reached a fever pitch.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• But when lines are crossed and her trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
• It’s really been at a fever pitch since the beginning of March, the minute the TMZ story dropped.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
• Over the weekend, though, tensions between Lamar and Drake reached a fever pitch.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 May 2024
• So things were really hitting that fever pitch as the day went on.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 May 2022
• Pumpkin spice is in the air and on TikTok, the hygge aesthetic is building to a fever pitch.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
• The battle for voting rights is reaching a fever pitch.
  — Donna M. Owens, Essence, 4 June 2021
• By the time Five Finger Death Punch took the stage around 9:15 p.m., the excitement in the arena was nearly at a fever pitch.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 28 Nov. 2022
• The energy reached a fever pitch once Giovannie & the Hired Guns came out.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2022
• That fight has risen to a fever pitch now that a bipartisan bill to curb those fees is on the table.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
• Some could say the non-alcoholic sphere is reaching a fever pitch.
  — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• The frenzy on the secondary market has reached a fever pitch, say dealers.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2021
• The series comes as the debate around social media’s impact on teens has reached a fever pitch.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024