fever pitch

NOUN

highly agitated state

Synonyms

WEAK

all haste excitement fast forward great haste mad rush rush

Example Sentences

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Worries about market concentration have reached a fever pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Burning up the rural road At a fever pitch, It leaves both horse and wagon Helpless in the ditch.

From Literature

Fears that autonomous AI agents would damage software-as-a-service companies’ business models reached fever pitch earlier this year, with shares in tech companies the world over selling off in response.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nervousness around AI seems to have reached fever pitch.

From Barron's

Getting themselves to fever pitch when there's cordite in the air is one thing.

From BBC