fever pitch

He did not mind the hunger so much, but the lack of water caused him severe suffering and fanned his wrath to fever pitch.

Chris Christie put an end to fever-pitch speculation that he would launch a bid for president, by ruling himself out of the running.

With the Olympic Games just around the corner, the world's most populous country is at fever pitch.

With the World Cup now just three days away, the pressure on the players is only growing as fans' anticipation reaches fever pitch.

As the boom reached fever pitch, however, the quality of the loans being pooled into securities dived, especially in mortgages.

Anyone who's read Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby knows that this is true of the ardent Arsenal fan.

As the year drew to a close, the hype surrounding Michael approached a fever pitch.

But when details of what they were claiming were leaked to London's Daily Telegraph, the outrage hit fever pitch.

But competition for talent in Silicon Valley is now reaching fever pitch.

While the report was restrained , excitement among Martin and his Harlow colleagues was at fever pitch .

Local opposition to the plans reached fever pitch this week, with police firing on protesters on Monday, killing one.

It's at this hour, when his night off is almost concluded, that his restlessness mounts to a fever pitch.

It's testament to the fever pitch of nationalism that even iconic figures can suddenly find themselves under attack.

Addiction in Afghanistan is rising along with the country's opium production, which is cranking at something close to fever pitch.

Several of Hornby's books have become popular films, including High Fidelity and Fever Pitch.

The 'risk trade' has reached a fever pitch recently, as traders grow jittery about the economic outlook.

Hype over Internet companies is reaching fever pitch, with Facebook Inc. recently valued at $50 billion.

The country was at fever pitch and so too the police, who sensed danger in every foreign face.

The crowd was at fever pitch when the home team scored a goal.

The technical developments, though slow at first, have recently reached a fever pitch.

At the G20 meeting in Washington in November 2008 the global governance rhetoric rose to fever pitch.

The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch.

Patriotism was then at fever pitch.

That's only an economy at fever pitch.

with a co-host arrangement with south korea for the 2002 world cup, soccer interest has reached fever pitch in japan.

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out of the dark

During the Victorian era in England, for example, the crusade against masturbation grew to a fever pitch;