APEX in a Sentence

Learn APEX from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for APEX, such as:
1. The king was at the apex of society.
2. But these forces increase as we go higher, so that we have a spiral which in defiance of reason rests upon the apex and not on the base.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of APEX
apex
 n.  the highest point (of something)
 n.  the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
Classic Sentence:
1  But these forces increase as we go higher, so that we have a spiral which in defiance of reason rests upon the apex and not on the base.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
2  The two limbs of the Y were connected at the apex as by a bar; this bar was called Rue Droit-Mur.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
Example Sentence:
1  He was at the apex of his career: he had climbed to the top of the heap.
2  The shelter, shaped like a gargantuan hut, will be 257 metres by 150 metres when completed and at its apex will be higher than the Statue of Liberty.
3  The king was at the apex of society.