How to Use apex in a Sentence

apex

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  • The turn of the millennium is when vodka was at the apex of its cultural power.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Downshift into a corner and the car squats flatly, takes a set at the apex, and bolts confidently.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 26 Nov. 2020
  • In my view, entrenched impunity at the apex is Kenya’s existential threat, not its laws.
    — Westen K Shilaho, Quartz Africa, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The monarchy sits at the apex; the military, which has led the government since a 2014 coup, right below.
    — Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The film reaches its apex towards the end as the story slows down to savor each course of this monumental meal—primi, secondi, etc.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • But Poeltl’s return highlighted the day — and might end up being the apex of an overall quiet free agency period for the Spurs.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Cor-Ten already looks beat up and rusted — and there’s no better material for people whose ideas were at an apex in the 1830s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Anyone who was thinking that the need for comfort food hit its apex during the first months of the pandemic did not anticipate election day in the U.S.
    — Kate Krader, Bloomberg.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • And in the Celestial Room, seven chandeliers, including a massive one in the center, hang overhead, adding to the beauty of the apex of the temple.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Although the myth reached an apex in the decades after World War II, business statesmanship still exists in various forms today.
    — Kyle Edward Williams, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Phillips' ability to corner and flatten at the apex of his rush is impressive given his size and will aid his ability to be successful in the NFL.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • In the heady 1980s, the Sweaty Dude with a Big Gun genre was at its apex.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Say when the sun hits its apex, the clock reads five hours past noon.
    — Alex Davies, Wired, 6 Jan. 2021
  • The chance to see Ted Williams at the apex of his career was not to be missed.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024
  • This might have been the best moment of his life, the apex of the Ferris wheel.
    — Rich Cohen, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The rhythm is always the same: up, one, two — slight pause at the apex — down, three, four.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • At 70, Arena is at both the apex and the end of his career.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • From its apex, the boats below looked like grains of rice.
    — Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
  • But that proved to be the apex of Kapp’s tenure as Cal head coach.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2023
  • The skirt, which sat at the apex of her bump, left the top of her belly exposed.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Reached the apex of their fame by appearing on the set with Mr. Rogers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The tower on the Catholic church tapers to the sky, but there is no cross at its apex.
    — John Branch Tasneem Alsultan, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • And the Caesar has the potential to be the apex of orders.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • But spring 2023 would see the DEI agenda reach the apex of its power.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • More important, though, the world has changed since the town was at its apex.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Those apexes pass by, but the art of their passage lingers along.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Simply sit on its peak at the apex of the V, cross your legs, and let your thighs drape down the sides of the cushion.
    — Lindsey Lanquist, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • Tatum and Brown are brothers in this effort to return to the NBA apex.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • There is a tendency to pin a celebrity down in the apex of their fame.
    — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Having been in single-file previously, one rider — too far away to definitively identify — moves off the racing line at the apex of the corner, appearing to overtake.
    — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024

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