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Synonyms for fever pitch


Grammar : Noun



Définition of fever pitch

  • noun highly agitated state
Example sentences :
  • The Jews were winding up their affairs, Israel was strung to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Then, indeed, the noble Spanish blood of the audience is aroused to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • Immediately Mrs. Davis's interest was aroused to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « Lightnin' » by Frank Bacon
  • Then the bravos have been shouted and the enthusiasm has reached a fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « Famous Prima Donnas » by Lewis Clinton Strang
  • The wines had been heady, and all tempers were at fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « The Nest of the Sparrowhawk » by Baroness Orczy
  • But every one was roused up to fever pitch by the excitement of the hour.
  • Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts » by George A. Warren
  • At sight of them the enthusiasm of the house rose to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « Wonderful Balloon Ascents » by Fulgence Marion
  • Rejoiced at the permission, for my curiosity was by this time raised to fever pitch, I at once followed.
  • Extract from : « A Strange Disappearance » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Not much could be told him at first, but his curiosity instantly arose to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
  • And so the endless stream of donatives flowed on, provoking the hearers to fever pitch.
  • Extract from : « The King of Schnorrers » by Israel Zangwill

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