All 5 Uses of
pinnacle
in
Anna Karenina
- Her eyes were, it seemed, opened; she felt all the difficulty of maintaining herself without hypocrisy and self-conceit on the pinnacle to which she had wished to mount.†
Part 2 *
- He felt himself on a pinnacle that made him giddy, and far away down below were all those nice excellent Karenins, Oblonskys, and all the world.†
Part 4
- The betrayed husband, who had figured till that time as a pitiful creature, an incidental and somewhat ludicrous obstacle to his happiness, had suddenly been summoned by her herself, elevated to an awe-inspiring pinnacle, and on the pinnacle that husband had shown himself, not malignant, not false, not ludicrous, but kind and straightforward and large.†
Part 4
- The betrayed husband, who had figured till that time as a pitiful creature, an incidental and somewhat ludicrous obstacle to his happiness, had suddenly been summoned by her herself, elevated to an awe-inspiring pinnacle, and on the pinnacle that husband had shown himself, not malignant, not false, not ludicrous, but kind and straightforward and large.†
Part 4
- Again, as before, all of a sudden, without the slightest transition, he felt cast down from a pinnacle of happiness, peace, and dignity, into an abyss of despair, rage, and humiliation.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(pinnacle) the highest pointin various senses, including:
- the best stage of development -- as in "I met her at the pinnacle of her success."
- a high pointed rock formation or mountain peak -- as in "The eagle circled the rocky pinnacle."
- a pointed tower at the top of a building -- as in "With the pinnacle, it is the highest building in the city."