How To Use Peak In A Sentence

Second, that the entire Reichstag assented to the declarations made by the speakers on Tuesday that the Emperor had exceeded his constitutional prerogatives in private discussion with foreigners concerning Germany's attitude on controverted questions. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?
there are few Manx speakers alive today
The angry audience shouted the speaker down.
Speaking of pal Dorian, he's mentioned to me a couple times at work that somewhere on the John Byrne Forum, some industrious individual "rewrote" events in Identity Crisis so that You-Know-Who wasn't sexually assaulted and killed. Archive 2004-07-18
Josefina Scaglione's YouTube video When Mr. Laurents first called the willowy soprano, who speaks with lushly rolled r's and sometimes interrupts conversation to ask the meaning of an English word, she was performing the role of Amber Von Tussle in a Buenos Aires production of "Hairspray. I've Just Met a Girl Named Josefina

Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
Doing so would nullify one's neutrality so to speak.
But of time and of becoming shall the best similes speak: a praise shall they be, and a justification of all perishableness! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
A second wave of emigrations of Ashkenazic Jews from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought larger numbers of Yiddish-speaking, traditional Orthodox Jews into the Seattle community. Weaving Women's Words: Seattle Stories
Already well dispersed, they probably acquired iron technology around 500 C.E. On their route eastward, the Bantu speakers skirted the northern forest edge toward the interlacustrine region of East Africa. D. Africa, 500-1500
Except that in Latin a ship's prow was called a rostrum and the plural of rostrum was rostra so they called the speaking platform rostra.
But while he speaks of war-time heroes and exploratory pioneers, he forgets about another interesting lifetime.
She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
When they replaced the ten-minute peak-hour ferry services with 20-minute sailings, in 1975, it was chaos.
Vatican a magnificent porphyry labrum found in one of the imperial baths; and Baccius, a great modern authority on baths, speaks of labra made of glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
Generally speaking, I tend not to get too bent out of shape by occasional rhetorical howlers.
It is critical to an understanding of deixis to recall that even very ‘local’ elements of context, such as a speaker's own corporeal experience and perceptual field, are susceptible of schematisation.
My mother's from Paris, so it's kind of ironic because when they gave him the word noisette, we heard later that the ESPN guy said, "Oh, his mother speaks French, he should know this. Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam? Think Progress » Rep. Johnson worries that the island of Guam will ‘tip over and capsize’ if U.S. troops relocate there.
The director organised two-day hippy schools for his extras, in which they were shown news clips from 1969 and instructed in hippy speak until such antiquated terms as 'crashpad', 'dig' and 'groovy' came naturally. Latest articles - Radio Prague
Racism is a tragedy beyond socioeconomic deprivation; it speaks of the total deprivation of the church today.
We see him speaking with Budd, trying to convince him to watch out.
I'm sorry to bother you but I wondered if I could speak to you for a moment.
And they did speak, asking for more quality, more utility and more practicality.
If a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. - Woodrow Wilson
Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps.
She was a lively public speaker, a governor of two schools, and a member of Beverley Minster parochial church council.
I am speaking of the ease with which motives are impugned, lifestyles derogated, name-calling condoned, individuals and groups demonized. The Ten Commandments
He found that nobody could speak English.
If the property remains unsold after the auction i.e. your bid was below the reserve price, speak to the auctioneer to register your interest before leaving the saleroom.
She points out that many high performers in Generation Y roughly speaking, people born between 1975 and 1995 job-hop in order to strengthen their resumes. NPR Topics: News
If one can speak of a vocal Achilles heel, then Miss Roocroft's is still her cloudy diction.
But this exclamation is hyperbole; we are not speaking in literal seriousness.
He comments that a patient might talk of a "shiner" whereas a doctor (holy of holies) would speak of a "periorbital ecchymosis," which is true only if you could imagine a doctor referring to cephalalgia instead of a headache or odontalgia instead of a toothache. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1
Tiny figures huddled in sweatshops, toiling in unspeakable conditions.
They simply called them theotisci, those who speak the vernacular, the language of the people (theod).
They've hit their peak and it's light years ahead of the competition. The Sun
‘If lying is wrong, then he will lie,’ has an antecedent whose embedded content is the same as a statement predicating the property on which the speakers moral disapproval supervenes.
Language is a collaborative activity Meaning arises as much from what listeners hear as what speakers intend to say.
Arbon, are you speaking in generalities (Microsoft OS products are 'iffy' right out of the box!) are do you have current experience with an unstable Win7 product? Computers in mexico
Manzo noticed the neatly trimmed goatee and mustache combination that framed Rossiter's facial features and the chiseled jaw of a man who was in peak physical condition.
A celebrated public speaker, he established the tradition of commemorative oratory in the United States.
He was a grotesquely inappropriate choice of speaker.
With nearly eight weeks of education behind us the faces of speakers were beginning to blend together.
Speaking to camera, the masked man accused the hostages of being spies for the British government and claimed that they had been abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
( "NNE"), a portfolio company of Metalmark Capital focused on natural gas opportunities in the Marcellus Shale ( "Marcellus"), announced today that B.J. Carney, formerly Geoscience Coordinator, Marcellus Shale at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK), has been named Vice President of Geoscience for NNE. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.
~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~ en tout cas = in any case; façon de parler = so to speak; à peu près = almost, more or less; le français (m) = French; l'anglais (m) = English; le bât (m) = packsaddle Faux amis - French Word-A-Day
The mostly German-speaking cantons, or provinces, are divided nearly equally between the two religious affiliations.
An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
Speaking in rapid, intense bursts, Smith expanded on his sometimes convoluted story.
By 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis was ordered to march into Virginia to await resupply near Chesapeake Bay.
While President Obama swore fealty to free trade, he also called for "balanced growth," which is diplo-speak for U.S. efforts to get China to spur domestic consumption and rely less on exports. Will Marshall: Does America Have a China Policy?
They're usually the ones who've been around for a while, and they usually manage with the barest minimum of speaker support.
She speaks with a thick middle European accent, and she is difficult to understand.
It's not necessarily linear - there are stages, but there are many peaks and valleys.
Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH: Archive 2010-09-01
Stephanie MacDonald-Taylor operates a company called Politically Speaking from her southwest Houston home.
So he had got experience, at least you could say that for him, and of course it would be in a French-speaking area. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
We speak of faithful, and unfaithful portraits.
Despite disagreeing with his colleagues, he has defended their right to speak out.
Obviously judges are unlikely to speak about their specific cases or to make stinging criticism of political policy. Times, Sunday Times
This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
Was it always this way, were you a natural for public speaking?
Speak to fitness and conditioning coaches and they will tell you how long layoffs cause weaknesses that heighten a susceptibility to minor injuries. Times, Sunday Times
Male speaker It's an attack on them mentally.
He had only to speak one word and his dog would come to heel at once.
The camera remains centered on the individuals as they speak, but pulls back when verbal confrontations occur.
My father had a real anger management problem, so I was steeling myself for a real beat down when I heard him speak. Robin Quivers: I Didn't Tell!
Rosemary speaks highly of the nurses and doctors who looked after her there.
She speaks earnestly, thoughtfully and funnily about how we are all ‘differently abled ‘in one way or another.’
Maintaining peak physical condition is essential in my sport. The Sun
Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle.
Beat the eggs whites briskly until soft peaks form.
The speaker had, finally, demonstrated the synthesis of hippuric acid and sulphate of phenol in the excided kidney as a function of its cells, by adding to the blood pouring through the kidney, in the first place, benzoic acid and glycol; in the second place, phenol and sulphate of soda. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
When organic matters (resins, waxes, oils) are decomposed by inorganic solutions, one speaks of "saponification". 4. Selection of Chemicals
I noticed a tap for a local microbrew called Prohibition Ale, brewed by Speakeasy Brewery.
Guest speakers include David Ledsham, lecturer in art and design at the University of Ulster, and John Wood from Goldsmiths College in London.
She has a competition weight of 63.5 kilos but, in order to remain light, eats a mere 2,000 calories a day when she is at peak fitness.
Text speak, such as xlent (excellent) and fone (phone) are part of the lexicon. Times, Sunday Times
DePalma is fluent in a language that few of us can speak.
A warm, inviting womb of a restaurant, it's a place that improbably manages to rise above the staggering kitschness of waiters exchanging 'buon appetito' with diners who don't speak a word of the language either.
The Flemish, those residing in Flanders, the northern half of the country, speak Dutch.
This is the ominous new era of doublespeak about land-use planning in the megacity.
Just put a dictionary in, run the chopper for 30 seconds and you too can enjoy speaking in tongues! Think Progress » CBS Allows Focus On The Family Advocacy Ad During Super Bowl, But Bans Gay Dating Site Ad
Could I speak to whoever is in charge of International Sales please?
‘Unable to speak English and under the control of a gangmaster, these people were being paid one-fifth of the standard rate for their work,’ she added.
Elected officials, he lectured, should not speak unthinkingly, but rather, when doubts exist, keep silent.
Ambassador Simons has been asked to speak at the dinner.
The more is principal stress deviator peak, the more possible is to emerge negative pore water pressure and to show more shear dilatation with high dry density.
Her tag line; "Upande Mwingine - Kila simulizi lina pande mbili .. hili ni langu" (Another side - every story has two versions … this is my version) gives one a peak into the nature of her blog's content. Global Voices Online
Not all the speakers have couched their sentiments in complimentary language, indeed, it is a fact which we citizens of the Empire would be foolish to ignore that important sections of opinion among our American friends and elsewhere are rather suspicious of the British Empire. The Empire In These Days
Nepheline, leucite, idocrase, and meionite have not yet been seen at the peak of Teneriffe; for a reddish-grey lava, which we found on the slope of Monte Verde, and which contains small microscopic crystals, appears to me to be a close mixture of basalt and analcime. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
Colours Beyond Colours" opens with a Jamaican-sounding speaker ostensibly describing the supersensory effects of LSD, and then segueing into a cod-'60s-didactic announcement about the electromagnetic spectrum. PopMatters
Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.
Likewise, among Christians it has long been conventional to use uppercase Orthodox as a term distinguishing the Christianity that shared forms of liturgy and theology rooted in the Byzantine, or Greek-speaking, part of the Roman Empire from those who took a separate path in the West. Jewschool
Nutritionally speaking, tempeh is very similar to tofu.
A woman is permitted to chat or babble, but speaking in public with authority is still the greatest transgression.
I'm a bleeder, someone just has to speak to me sharply and I'm gushing pints, so no blood means hopefully no big deal.
She has spent so much time in there, her entourage have been forced to speak to her stylist and hairdresser to find out how she is. The Sun
Quiet and intense, he speaks in a halting manner, sometimes garbles his sentences and lacks a smooth personal touch. Minn. governor fights GOP on taxes for wealthy
An objection is not "outworn" until answered, and to speak of the demise of a generally accepted theory is hardly scientific. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
In public, they had to speak of suspects, of allegations and beliefs and evidence, then wait for juries and judges to validate their work. EVERY SECRET THING
Also, please keep in mind that in order to conceal my identity I'm speaking through a harmonizer--in reality my voice sounds exactly like Keith David's. Keeping it Reeled In: Hope or Delusion?
Since peak blood alcohol levels (BALs) reached per drinking episode are a crucial factor in FAS (Abel, 1999), the ‘average drinks’ measure distorts the relationship between alcohol and teratogenesis and muddies our perceptions of risky drinking. Pregnancy is a process
Grape leaves are a narrative dish: each ingredient speaks as the package unfolds, containing multitudes, little edible matryoshka dolls. Day of Honey
The sun was well down behind the snowy peaks before the bus made it to the top. The Crossing-Place
Jem's words are cut off by the buzz of Olivia's telephone, and Olivia presses the speaker button.
At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
To speak generally, if we take all animals which change their locality, some by swimming, others by flying, others by walking, we find in these the two sexes, not only in the sanguinea but also in some of the bloodless animals; and this applies in the case of the latter sometimes to the whole class, as the cephalopoda and crustacea, but in the class of insects only to the majority. On the Generation of Animals
And so we have something that's almost like automatic speaking, speaking in tongues, connected - bing!
Kate was tempted to say that she'd grown but before she could speak Julie grinned; at least she still had the buckteeth. FALLEN WOMEN
The speaker gave a nervous cough.
This bespeaks a progressive, enlightened court, hardly stifling and revolt-inducing.
Rising next to the CCTV building, and also designed by OMA, the dazzling Television Cultural Center, or TVCC, peaks and plummets like a mountain cloaked in corrugated zinc. Road to Beijing | Impact Lab
A range of software, shareware and applications emerge nearly every other day from different corners of the Tamil speaking world.
Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra: Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
I could hardly hear myself speak above all the hubbub in the theatre bar.
It would be lovely to hear the boy's chatter and not feel left out when they are speaking together.
The crowed pelted stones at the speaker.
Generally speaking, when looking within archaeological horizons (i. e “identifiable pattern of material culture”), it is possible to identify one or more races, typically by craniometry. The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old?
Speaker / signature verification systems will be developed.
'Can he speak German?' 'Yes, he's fluent.'
I felt rather out of it in France because I can't speak French.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Glass said:" My left hand was covered in superglue and I stuck it to his sleeve. Archive 2008-07-01
Middle school enrollments will peak this year.
The birthers may have reached and passed their peak, though, thanks to the scrutiny, the derisive laughter, and the backlash from the overkill on the part of the wingnuts in the mainstream media like Lou Dobbs. That Settles That
Some authors aim at a narrative of drama, skipping the plateaux of family life or inner thoughts and move through a series of peaks of achievement.
Here he pointed toward the white peaks of the great massif rising up to the east of the valley. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
Its average elevation is 13,000 feet, making the air rather thin and cold, and ten peaks top 20,000 feet.
They are born artists: dancers who writhe rhythmically; musicians - singing intervals long before they speak language.
Here you can see the castellated peaks from an amazing angle.
We run the washing machine at night because off-peak electricity is much cheaper.
The director hopes to excite the faithful and (cynically speaking), get religious bums in cinema seats.
More often than not, companies face higher costs during peak periods, which can explain the higher prices charged. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
However, since the Chinese language combines sound and shape, both hemispheres are used in speaking Chinese.
Pinpointing the source of crosslinguistic influences in the interlanguage of a multilingual speaker is less straightforward.
At one time or another I also participated in extemporaneous speaking, poetry and prose reading, and in a particular lapse of sanity, number sense.
Later that evening she will launch the festival and will be guest speaker at an event hosted by the heritage office of Carlow County Council.
It ought not to be news when a nominal price index reaches a new peak; it's what ought to happen. Times, Sunday Times
I was too weak to move or think or speak.
Church abuse cases: Mgr Scicluna speaks on need to 'amputate' to heal ' Timesofmalta.com
He took me to a pub in Soho full of actor types speaking at the tops of their voices.
And I stand here to-day, sir, to say that with an exception, of which I shall soon speak, _to procure such a lawful investigation of the authority under which they claimed to act, was the part I took in that day's proceedings, and the only part_. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time
Rome and her iniquities; the streets, deserted by the people, were trodden by French patrols; all was silent as the grave itself; and not a friend was there to bid them adieu; not a relative to speak a consoling word to the departing; and none to acquaint the unfortunates who remained behind with their terrible calamity! Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge
The prayers and cards adorning your wall speak loudly now. Christianity Today
Where the White Mountains come to an end is the great peak of Mount Mindolluin.
You must break your bad habit of interrupting a speaker.
I now speak of local diseases; and, first, of phlegmonous inflammation. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827
A cat less agile than the rest of his species had been known to entangle himself in the little swing window, and to hang there all the night, sending forth unearthly caterwaulings, to the unspeakable terror of Miss Wendover's guest, unfamiliar with the mechanism of the room, and wondering what breed of Hampshire demon or afrit was thus making night hideous. The Golden Calf
He urged bluenoses to take ladies of the street into their homes until they got back on their feet, so to speak.
Investors 'paper losses on U.S. stocks now total $8.4 trillion since the market peak one year ago, based on the value of the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index, which includes almost all U. S.-based companies. Wild Day Caps Worst Week Ever for Stocks
The granite peaks and sylvan hollows in the Blue Ridge Mountains are the results of geological changes and metamorphosis over perhaps a billion year period of time.
It causes the core body temperature to increase to a peak and descend to a trough once every twenty-four hours.
The department runs a research seminar, with guest speakers and opportunities for postgraduate students to present their work.
Golub, whose large-scale paintings drew inspiration from everything from Greek kouroi to images of male pornography, used a technique that was more sculpture than brushstroke, famously using a meat cleaver to create aggressive peaks on the canvas. Home | The New York Observer
He wants to speak to me tomorrow, or rather, as he put it, he wants me to speak to him.
Our scenario averaged over base load and peak Periods corresponds approximately to a 70 / 30 ratio of coal to gas.
In conversation he speaks with the measured tone of a comic actor used to delivering deadpan one-liners. Times, Sunday Times
Everytime a politician speaks, you know, they're fooling you, they're dissembling.
Many of the sites launched at the peak of the Internet boom have now disappeared.
He didn't speak of the accident.
'Is it worth the effort?' 'Speaking personally, yes.'
In earlier times the former had been underachieving educationally whereas the latter are now near the peak of their attainment level.
He saw him gather five of the soldiers into a huddle and with his subtle, sinister voice began to speak again.
Don't speak to me that way, you wretched fiend.
In conclusion, I would like to thank our guest speaker.
In Psalm 148, the psalmist speaks of all creation giving praise to God, their Creator.
Those key players include representatives of peak industry and business groups, diplomats and influential negotiators and go-betweens on the trade talk circuit.
The person Carmen was speaking to was Joan, Gregory's friend, and she was in the macrobiotic restaurant where he had THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
They speak to each other in Tagalog, using exotic diminutives.
Maluleke assured him that the court offered him more protection than any other place and that it was important he felt able to speak freely and truthfully.
With its wedgy profile, trapezoidal front grille and abbreviated rear end, it clearly speaks the corporation's latest design language. Times, Sunday Times
He visited many speakeasies, “from mere drinking dens to palatially appointed private houses where you find whole families, including children, dining together with the utmost decorum, the elders taking wine.” CHASING the WHITE DOG
Hay fever is really an allergy to pollen and the peak time is early June.
She is also unafraid of speaking out on her favourite causes.
At the same time, the new voting system will be instrumental in preventing the speaker from railroading contentious bills in a unilateral manner.
When you consider that between Spanish, English and Arabic, well over half of the planet doesn't speak a tonal language, that puts Chinese at a serious competative disadvantage. Kaplin's Simplifiid Speling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The clouds will gradually appear across the UK, usually reaching a peak around three weeks after the summer solstice. Times, Sunday Times
She shaped the words, unable to speak them with the knot of his noose twisting into her voicebox.
Now we speak servicable French and know that Assiette de fromage is a cheese plate. Joyeux - French Word-A-Day
The Far East is broadly speaking a tropical and sub-tropical world.
Both François Massialot, in Le Cuisinier roïal et bourgeois, and Menon, in Le Cuisinière bourgeoise, speak of the bourgeois kitchen as simple in style and limited in possibilities, but where special occasions required special efforts, indicating that for them the term designated a style of life and social position beneath that of the nobility. Savoring The Past
And apraxia, which is often caused by a stroke, is a serious disorder that disrupts neural programming and often leaves its patients unable to speak at all. GEORGE W. Bushisms
The speaker worked the crowd up into a frenzy.
These plasma cells produce a homogeneous immunoglobulin protein which stains as a well-defined peak in the gamma region.
Is not this effect nearly similar to that produced by the combination of phosphorus and sulphur, or, more properly speaking, the _phosphuret of sulphur_? Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments
The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program.
As you may be aware I am the Speaker of the House of Commons and it is incumbent upon me to honour and uphold the noble traditions of the House.
As far as I can discern, these are foliated or (roughly speaking) “wrapped” objects akin to the “reel” referred to above; but the Wikipedia article on them is rather terse and formal and not very illuminating. The Arrow of Time in Scientific American
Wanting to allow someone to discriminate is not racist any more than wanting to allow someone to speak racist things is racist. The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
This has been going on for a week or so now, growing in intensity, and I reckon it'll reach a peak tomorrow or the day after.
The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker.
His ambition for approbation sets bounds and limits to his ambition, so to speak.
If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must, with equal force, commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Holocaust denial and other manifestations of Judaeophobia in their midst. Menachem Rosensaft: Finding Common Ground
I was too weak to move or think or speak.
The songs, meanwhile, played on over city loudspeakers and local radios. Times, Sunday Times
Clarity of diction is vital for a public speaker.
The students assailed the speaker with questions.

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