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fever pitch |
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fever pitch if you say that a feeling or a situation has reached fever pitch, you mean that people's emotions have become so strong that they can only just control themselves. By the time the princess appeared on the balcony, excitement among the crowd was at fever pitch. Tension reached fever pitch as reports came in of further bomb attacks in the north. |
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Guasconti had not a deep heart--or, at all events, its depths were not sounded now; but he had a quick fancy, and an ardent southern temperament, which rose every instant to a higher fever pitch. |
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