pinnacle
/ˈpɪnəkəl/ verb C2- To place on a pinnacle.
- To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
He/she/it pinnacles · Past pinnacled · Past participle pinnacled · -ing form pinnacling
Verb forms
- Base form
- pinnacle
- He/she/it
- pinnacles
- Past
- pinnacled
- Past participle
- pinnacled
- -ing form
- pinnacling
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Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
That’s what puts him on a pinnacle in the records of crime.
In an instant Holmes had raced up on to the ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every direction.
The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
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