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How to use acme in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Acme means a high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. Example: “Acme Co. is trying to rebrand their line of toasters under the Bewidget name.”

Examples of acme by meaning

nounSexual orgasm.

  • She has enough of the narcissist in her to love exhibiting herself and to have the exhibition itself arouse her and bring her to her acme (that's very literary, even a little affected, but it's a word that pleases me).1987, Jeanne de Berg, Women's Rites
  • He reached a climax about one minute after penetration and as this was always much sooner than his partner reached her acme this disturbed him.2012, Alexander Lowen, The Language of the Body: Physical Dynamics of Character Structure

More sentences with acme

  • Acme Co. is trying to rebrand their line of toasters under the Bewidget name.From the entry rebrand
  • Acme Motors is to take Jetcar Industries over this week, if all goes as planned.From the entry take over
  • Acme sweets have just brought out a tasty new chocolate bar.From the entry bring out
  • Acme Inc was our best customer, but they're hopping mad now. They're bouncing off the walls over there.From the entry bounce off the walls
  • To his receptive mind the place and its denizens were the acme of high life and pleasuredom.1923, A. J. Howcroft, “Chimney J⸺”, in Tales of a Pennine People, H. C. Lee, Whitehead & Co Ltd, page 168. From the entry pleasuredom
  • It was considered the acme of underbreeding to manifest any sense whatever of patronage in such deeds.1916, Princess Eleanor Hulda Calhoun Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich, Pleasures and Palaces. From the entry underbreeding
  • The quell of the rebellion raised Justinian to the acme of power.1903, Knowledge: A Monthly Record of Science. From the entry quell
  • That has always been regarded as the acme of modern Tom and Jerryism.1900, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 9, in Three Men on the Bummel, page 200. From the entry Tom and Jerryism
  • As previously mentioned, the horizontal stabilizer's jackscrew assembly includes an acme screw and nut, both of which have two threads.2002 December 30, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2.2.1 Cause of the Jam”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Control and…. From the entry jackscrew
  • After the accident, severely worn and sheared remnants of the acme nut threads were recovered wrapped around the acme screw.2002 December 30, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2.2.1 Cause of the Jam”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Control and…. From the entry jackscrew
  • And a quadrillionaire loonie geek was the acme of ratingsworthiness.1997, Martin Harry Greenberg, Vampires: The Greatest Stories, →ISBN, page 236. From the entry quadrillionaire

Meaning of acme

  1. noun A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
  2. noun A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
  3. noun Full bloom or reproductive maturity.

Full definition of acme

Questions about acme in a sentence

How do you use acme in a sentence?
Acme is used as a noun. For example: “Acme Co. is trying to rebrand their line of toasters under the Bewidget name.”
What is a short sentence with acme?
“And a quadrillionaire loonie geek was the acme of ratingsworthiness.”
What does acme mean?
Acme means a high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.

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