APEX in a Sentence

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For APEX, below is one of 5 sentences:
But these forces increase as we go higher, so that we have a spiral which in defiance of reason rests upon the apex and not on the base.

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 Meanings and Examples of APEX
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
apex
 n.  highest point; vertex; summit; climax
Classic Sentence:
1  But these forces increase as we go higher, so that we have a spiral which in defiance of reason rests upon the apex and not on the base.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
2  The two limbs of the Y were connected at the apex as by a bar; this bar was called Rue Droit-Mur.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
Example Sentence:
1  He was at the apex of his career: he had climbed to the top of the heap.
2  The shelter, shaped like a gargantuan hut, will be 257 metres by 150 metres when completed and at its apex will be higher than the Statue of Liberty.
3  The king was at the apex of society.