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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Once the story reached a fever pitch, town meetings became tense.
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Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Things reached a fever pitch earlier this month when the star wideout openly voiced his frustrations to the media.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Yet, the crescendo has reached a fever pitch with the arrival of Generative AI.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
In 1966, six days of riots in Cleveland began after the white owner of the Seventy-Niners Cafe on Hough Avenue refused to give a glass of water to a Black customer as racial tension reached a fever pitch.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
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Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Things reached a fever pitch earlier this month when the star wideout openly voiced his frustrations to the media.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Yet, the crescendo has reached a fever pitch with the arrival of Generative AI.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
In 1966, six days of riots in Cleveland began after the white owner of the Seventy-Niners Cafe on Hough Avenue refused to give a glass of water to a Black customer as racial tension reached a fever pitch.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
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“Fever pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever%20pitch. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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