fever pitch

noun

: a state of intense excitement and agitation

Examples of fever pitch in a Sentence

I worked myself up to a fever pitch of enthusiasm.

New allegations brought interest in the scandal to a fever pitch.

Demand for the new car soon reached fever pitch.

Recent Examples on the Web

That year, furor over the gender imbalance in the Nobels reached a fever pitch because of the feeling that Rosalind Lee, the collaborator and spouse of Victor Ambros, should have also been honored. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Around the time the outrage reached a fever pitch, however, the completion date was announced. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Its release comes as calls for AI regulation reach a fever pitch in the US, after a slate of alarming security incidents. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

With the Chiefs trailing 19-17 and facing third and 5 at their own 40 and the crowd at a fever pitch, Patrick Mahomes found Thornton for 55 yards to the Las Vegas 2-yard line. — Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fever pitch

• bewitch
• caliche
• distich
• enrich
• bitch
• ditch
• fiche
• glitch
• hitch
• ich
• itch
• kitsch