Sentence examples for on a pinnacle from inspiring English sources

In February, video of him performing a double BASE jump — parachuting from one cliff and landing on a pinnacle of another, where he repacked his chute and jumped again — was picked up by the Huffington Post, among others.

The search for the oh-so-evocative corporate name, the one that places a company on a pinnacle in its field and projects the desired image, has spawned an industry of branding and name-developing firms that search the world's languages for words that might be used as company names, or at least provide a prefix or suffix.

"They are putting us up on a pinnacle".

Long ago, Country Life journalists set him on a pinnacle.

Trains on to Venice cross the Semmering Pass, overlooked by Klamm Castle, improbably perched on a pinnacle of rock.

"From a common-sense point of view," Mr. Timolat added, "building on a pinnacle or a ridge is stupid.

It features an awkward wide crack, followed by balance-y moves standing on improbably sloping footholds, to finish dramatically on top of a pinnacle, where you can sit and admire the view.

The jailbreak on information reached a pinnacle less than two weeks ago, when Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for The Guardian, broke the news of systematic surveillance by the National Security Agency, after he was chosen by Edward Snowden as a conduit for a big leak.

I called Maguire to talk about what makes I Spit on Your Grave a pinnacle of the rape-revenge genre, and why it's still being talked about today.

That offensive against foes will reach a pinnacle on Monday with the trial of Pu Zhiqiang, a respected civil rights lawyer and freedom of speech champion.

Anger towards the photograph hit a pinnacle on Palm Sunday 2011 when French Catholic fundamentalists attacked and destroyed the photograph with hammers.