How to Use zenith in a Sentence
zenith
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His are the threads of a man at the zenith of his power.
— Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019 -
The big-screen TV fell forward off the wall as the quake reached its zenith.
— Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019 -
The word denotes the highest point of something — the zenith.
— Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 22 Apr. 2021 -
That moment proved to be the zenith of both careers with the Mets.
— Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 May 2018 -
And just now may be the high tide, the zenith, of construction projects.
— Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2018 -
Kennedy, 81, has been tight-lipped about his plans, and his clout as the court's swing vote is at its zenith.
— Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018 -
With Prince’s guidance and help, Glover reached the zenith of her dance career.
— Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2024 -
The song rises to what could very well be Gomez’s creative zenith.
— Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The statement hits its zenith when Rosa finds Mauritz in his study.
— Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2020 -
The locusts moved west and south, reaching their zenith in Kenya in the early months of this year.
— Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa, 10 Apr. 2020 -
But the rate and scope at which judges are altering sports might be at its zenith.
— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2024 -
The noise of the crowd probably reached its zenith when Stricker had three straight birdies on Nos.
— Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2022 -
The national team was the pinnacle of that program, and therefore the zenith of the game.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The programming on that first Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam album was so on point, so at the zenith.
— Ron Hart, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2018 -
That said, the music industry is still a long way from its zenith.
— Emily Price, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2018 -
Look high enough Ensure your target object is at least one-third of the way up from the horizon to the zenith.
— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2024 -
But three years ago, Untitled Goose Game propelled the genre to its zenith.
— Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 July 2022 -
Karesansui, or rock and sand gardens, reached their zenith in the late 15thcentury with Ryoan-ji.
— La Carmina, House Beautiful, 6 May 2021 -
But Elizabeth presided over the end of the British Empire rather than its zenith.
— Carolyn Harris, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2022 -
Fully charging the battery takes four hours on a cloudless day with the sun at its zenith.
— Joshua Spodek, Time, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Yet these three centuries were, on the contrary, the zenith of the great European empires.
— Daniel Luban, The New Republic, 26 July 2019 -
The industry reached its zenith in the mid-20th century.
— Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023 -
Chicken wing prices often rise and fall with the rhythm of sports events, reaching their zenith around the Super Bowl.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021 -
But Shanghvi’s climb to the zenith of the wealth ladder stood for a hope, that meritocracy still has a chance.
— Soma Das, Quartz India, 21 June 2019 -
That is much lower than its zenith but still a full percentage point above the Fed’s 2% long-run goal.
— Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 July 2024 -
In early summer, like now, Altair is roughly 30 degrees above the horizon, a third of the way to the zenith.
— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 July 2023 -
The real-world story that began with Kirby trying to top himself at the dawn of the ’70s has reached a zenith.
— Abraham Riesman, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021 -
All along the way, father threw batting practice to son, a pastime that reached its zenith three hours north of their home.
— Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023 -
The protest is the zenith of a decades-long battle over the site where a dozen observatories already stand.
— NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019 -
The ceremony wrapped on what turned out to be the night’s emotional zenith.
— Martino Carrera, WWD, 21 Sep. 2024
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