Both Uses of
apex
in
The War of the Worlds
- Once a leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately withdrawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint by joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion.†
Chpt 1.5
- Beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground.†
Chpt 1.5 *
Definition:
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(apex) the highest point or most important level of something