Sentence examples for were peak from inspiring English sources
noun
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
Neither man disputes the figures, although Mr. Weiss said that the 1990's were peak earning years for the firm.
Those were peak famine years, and most immigrants who passed through were Irish escaping hunger and destitution and Germans escaping political turmoil in their homeland.
The scans showed that after consuming the drink the volunteers' there were peak systolic strain rates in the heart's left ventricle.
Those droll apocalyptic fantasies were peak moments in the Lyrics and Lyricists series's program "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park: The Art of the Satiric Comedy Song," which had the first of five performances (through Monday evening) on Saturday night at the 92nd Street Y.
He notes that based on the last 12 months of profits, the Russell 1000 index — which, like the S.& P. 500, tracks blue-chip domestic stocks — was trading at a modest P/E ratio of around 16. "But those were peak earnings," he said., adding that his firm prefers to use CAPE to remove the effects of earnings peaks and troughs.
The response functions were peak resolution and peak efficiency.
To identify the polishing material, spectra of the ref-collection samples (n = 37) were peak-normalized at ~1026 cm−1.
Variables studied were peak-to-valley height and angle of the V-grooves, physical properties of the solution and vertical electrode height.
Average AP waveforms for each experimental condition were peak-aligned and normalized before averaging.
The two ERP measures taken were peak-to-peak amplitude and peak latency for the N1 and P2 components.
The main characteristics inherent in the impedance waveform were peak-to-peak, slope (d Z/d t), fractionation, diastolic dispersion, and the average value of the impedance containing the DC component, Z_0.
