ACME in a Sentence

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Example sentences for ACME, such as:
1. His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.
2. The acme of bliss, which would have been a marriage with the tragedian, was not for her in this world.
3. Oh, it wasn't fair that she should have to sit here primly and be the acme of widowed dignity and propriety when she was only seventeen.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ACME
acme
 n.  the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
Classic Sentence:
1  Oh, it wasn't fair that she should have to sit here primly and be the acme of widowed dignity and propriety when she was only seventeen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  The acme of bliss, which would have been a marriage with the tragedian, was not for her in this world.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  Just as "Uncle's" pickled mushrooms, honey, and cherry brandy had seemed to her the best in the world, so also that song, at that moment, seemed to her the acme of musical delight.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.