All 3 Uses
pinnacle
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
(Edited)
- Easy for you to say from your little pinnacle of fame.
Chpt 1.7 *pinnacle = high point
- Standing high on the bluff, Lee could see down the canyon, over the peaks and pinnacles, beyond the rich red buttes to the sheer-faced walls.
Chpt 1.9pinnacles = high, pointed rock formations
- The architecture leaned toward the futuristic...glass, spirals, pinnacles.
Chpt 2.8pinnacles = pointed towers or high, tapering architectural features
Definitions:
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(1)
(pinnacle) the highest point -- either literally, like the top of a mountain, or figuratively, like the peak of success or achievement
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)