How to Use on a high note in a Sentence

on a high note

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  • The Sunday gospel concert sends folks home on a high note.
    Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • Melton didn’t score in the second half, but his night still ended on a high note.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The show, like Jerry, certainly went out on a high note.
    Scott King, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Milwaukee Brewers are hitting the road on a high note.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Stocks rose in quiet trading Friday ending the week on a high note.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The highs The Bulls ended the first half on a high note, overcoming a 13-point deficit to carry a four-point lead into the locker room.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Hansen said the win was rewarding in what has been a tough season, and that could help the team finish on a high note, in the final game of the season against Wethersfield.
    Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Before his surgeries, Lewis says was in the middle of a comedy tour and decided to end on a high note.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2023
  • South will certainly be on a mission to reassert itself as the team to beat in both the conference and state by ending the week on a high note.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • Branch's one-game commitment to coach the Keg of Nails rivalry contest will end on a high note as the program will now be turned over to new head coach Jeff Brohm.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Motörhead went out on a high note with their final studio album, Bad Magic.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The premise of that fight was that the undefeated Conlan was about to begin an extended prison sentence and wanted to head out on a high note.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Oak Mountain forced a pair of interceptions en route to keeping the Jaguars out of the end zone as the Eagles picked up their first win since late August to close their season on a high note.
    al, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Time to kick off your holiday shopping prep on a high note by shopping some of the earliest Black Friday beauty sales.
    Sarah Han and jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But both were out (Williamson has been out for weeks), presenting a great opportunity for the Blazers to close out their six-game trip at 3-3 and return home on a high note.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Both of these excellent and illuminating books end on a high note.
    Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • His singalong bit began on a high note: with Mariah Carey in the passenger seat and, in the ensuing days, millions of viewers on YouTube.
    John Jurgensen, wsj.com, 27 Apr. 2023
  • One theme that bubbled away through the season had focused on Shelton, and whether the outgoing nine-time winning coach would leave the reality TV show on a high note.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 May 2023
  • Hastings goes out on a high note, with the streamer heavily beating Wall Street estimates for subscriber additions.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • To end the journey on a high note, guests will alight at the Northern Territory capital of Darwin, a coastal city that’s famed for its rich food scene and close proximity to iconic national parks.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Kicking the panel off on a high note with an encouraging word of song that had the entire Hollywood House audience singing along, Steve offered solid advice to the crowd: never give up.
    Rachaell Davis, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Ideally, Biden would come to recognize the appeal of leaving office on a high note, especially if the Democrats better expectations in the midterm elections.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Nauset senior Tim Johnson ended his high school career on a high note with two individual state titles.
    Mitch Fink, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023

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