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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