How to Use fever pitch in a Sentence

fever pitch

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  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Tsmith@al.com, al, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The energy reached a fever pitch once Giovannie & the Hired Guns came out.
    — Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, 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
  • In 2015 and in years to follow, dancehall’s influence reached a fever pitch.
    — Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Recycling ’90s styles has been a hot trend for more than a moment, but now it’s reached fever pitch.
    — Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The public’s fascination with the couple was at a fever pitch.
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The shooting sent the debate over squeegee work into a fever pitch, bringing the racial undertones of the matter to the forefront.
    — Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2022
  • The buzz around enormous body-on-frame luxury SUVs has reached a fever pitch.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The two leaders spoke by phone in July for more than two hours as tensions over Taiwan reached a fever pitch.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The cases underscore how demand has reached a fever pitch.
    — Damian Dovarganes, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The steady progression of their joint public outings has reached something of a fever pitch this month.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In 2018, excitement over the show’s arrival in Central Florida for the first time was at a fever pitch.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2022
  • As countries across the world celebrated, the urgency for firms to act has reached a fever pitch.
    — Forrester, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The Internet outrage reached a fever pitch, and the man’s full name, phone number, and address were shared online.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Bombardments rained down on both Israel and the Gaza Strip on Friday as tensions in the region reach a fever pitch.
    — Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The value of empathetic leadership reached a fever pitch over the past few years.
    — Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • These claims gained traction over several days and reached a fever pitch by Sunday.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024

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