fever pitch

noun

1. a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people:

   The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.

fever pitch

noun

1. a state of intense excitement

   things were at fever pitch with the election coming up

Word History and Origins

Origin of fever pitch¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Now, the exasperation on both sides is reaching a fever pitch.

From The Daily Beast

The civil war has reached a fever pitch and your battalion has recovered eight bodies floating downstream this week alone.

From The Daily Beast

Three years on, the demands for some kind of reparation have reached fever pitch.

From The Daily Beast

Panic about a possible Greek default and euro exit—and the crisis spreading worldwide—is at a fever pitch.

From The Daily Beast

And the country's legendary party scene is at a fever pitch.

From The Daily Beast

Then, indeed, the noble Spanish blood of the audience is aroused to fever pitch.

From Project Gutenberg

Public feeling among the drummer-boys rose to fever pitch and the lives of Jakin and Lew became unenviable.

From Project Gutenberg

But his cruel insults now quashed despair and roused dormant indignation to fever pitch.

From Project Gutenberg

The20 thought of Dorothy raised the girl's state of excitement almost to fever pitch.

From Project Gutenberg

This victory would surely damp the enthusiasm of the rebels, and raise that of the loyalists to fever pitch.

From Project Gutenberg