fever pitch
noun
a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
Origin of fever pitch
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby fever pitch
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Example sentences from the Web for fever pitch
A few weeks before the advance on Suez, I was in Jaffa, where the enthusiasm and excitement had been at fever-pitch.
With the Turks in Palestine |Alexander AaronsohnMrs Thornton was so enthusiastic in her praise, that she roused our curiosity to fever-pitch.
The Fortunes of the Farrells |Mrs. George de Horne VaizeyHe did not mind the hunger so much, but the lack of water caused him severe suffering and fanned his wrath to fever-pitch.
The Call of the Wild |Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for fever pitch
fever pitch
noun
a state of intense excitement
things were at fever pitch with the election coming up