1 The barbecue had reached its peak and the warm air was full of laughter and talk, the click of silver on porcelain and the rich heavy smells of roasting meats and redolent gravies.
2 Standing some little distance away from the barbecue tables, he was at the peak of an argument with John Wilkes.
3 He stood for a moment looking down at the plain, heart-shaped face with its long widow's peak and serious dark eyes.
4 She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.
5 In addition there was an attic, made by the peak of the roof, and having one small window in each end.
6 Apparently, the other had now climbed a peak of wisdom from which he could perceive himself as a very wee thing.
7 'Of these two rocks the one reaches heaven and its peak is lost in a dark cloud.
8 The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze.
9 I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base.
10 Then it was that I began, if I may so Shakespearianly express myself, to dwindle, peak, and pine.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION 11 There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ... 12 In his hand he held a blue cricket-cap with a white chevron on the peak.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 13 Kutuzov was impatiently urging on his horse, which ambled smoothly under his weight, and he raised his hand to his white Horse Guard's cap with a red band and no peak, nodding his head continually.
14 Wolzogen, nonchalantly stretching his legs, approached Kutuzov with a half-contemptuous smile on his lips, scarcely touching the peak of his cap.
15 The peak of Monte Cristo reddened by the burning sun, was seen against the azure sky.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.