The nouns, zenith and nadir, describe the highest and lowest points on a sphere, parabola, trajectory, or cycle; the zenith is the highest point in the sky—directly overhead, or the top of any curve or trajectory, while the nadir is the lowest point on the celestial sphere (the whole sky visible from Earth), or the lowest point on any curve or trajectory:
At the zenith of his career, he was one of the most popular actors in the world.
The middle of winter is the nadir of the growing season.
People may casually use nadir to mean any low point:
The nadir of the party was when the host became ill.
More Examples of “Zenith” in a Sentence
- Imagine if someone had thought of this when jazz was at its zenith.
- This move was his first step in a journey to the zenith of football.
- A decade on, having reached the zenith of his career, things are different now.
- At its zenith in March 2018, the app reportedly hosted 2.38 million concurrent players.
- But it is unheard of move for an artists at her zenith.
More Examples of “Nadir” in a Sentence
- Since a recent nadir in November, the stock is up 65 per cent.
- How sad, then, that it has turned into a nadir for their sport.
- Indeed, this country is close to its nadir in the history of American policing.
- Since their nadir in March last year, platinum prices have more than doubled.
- It ended the year about 38 per cent higher than at its March nadir.