How to Use zenith in a Sentence

zenith

noun
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Spec-Tater represents man’s zenith in this regard, and maybe also his nadir.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The night came to a zenith when Rosalía emerged on Five Echoes’ central platform, clad in a black Chanel jacket and jodhpurs, to sing for the crowd.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Both reached their zenith around the turn of the century, but in recent years their box office powers waned.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Apr. 2022
  • His own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the zenith of Ronald Reagan’s popularity.
    — Rich Barak, ajc, 20 Apr. 2021

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