highlight

In a sentence

Six example sentences with highlight, each labelled with its topic.

• The highlight of the whole tournament was a freshman sinking a forty foot shot as the final buzzer sounded.

  Basketball

• Reviewers agreed the highlight of her exhibition was one frame of fishermen hauling nets through gray dawn rain.

  Photography

• For most players the highlight of the expansion is the ruined city you explore alone with a failing lantern.

  Gaming

• The highlight of the whole trip was a night train through the mountains, watching villages slide past in the dark.

  Travel

• The highlight of the festival came at midnight, when the headliner brought a local choir on stage unannounced.

  Music

• The highlight of the tasting menu was a simple broth that the chef had simmered for two days.

  Cooking

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains highlight. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• contribute
• economic
• global
• initially
• considerable
• constitution
• trend
• channel
• occupied
• implementation
• revise
• accompanied