maximum

In a sentence

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

• The bench gave maximum effort in a game already lost, which is why the coach kept three of them next season.

  Basketball

• The engine reached its maximum output at nine thousand revolutions, after which the readings dropped away sharply.

  Science

• Trainers set the maximum load at a weight the athlete can lift five times with clean form, never more.

  Fitness

• The ordinance sets a maximum fine of two hundred dollars for an unleashed dog, no matter how often it wanders.

  Law

• The retirement account allows a maximum contribution each year, and savers who reach it in January stop thinking about it.

  Finance

• The airline enforces a maximum weight of twenty three kilos per bag, and the scale at the counter forgives nothing.

  Travel

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