How to Use peaks and valleys in a Sentence

peaks and valleys

plural noun
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  • Read on for the peaks and valleys of the 2024 SAG Awards.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2024
  • This year's Tigers have gone through peaks and valleys with one of the younger rosters in the SEC.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Baseball is a game of highs and lows, hots and colds, peaks and valleys.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In recent years, X Games has had its peaks and valleys.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Frese loved watching stars evolve through the inevitable peaks and valleys of a four-year career.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The key for Richards, like so many of his teammates, is eliminating the peaks and valleys in his play.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But his body sways evenly, a hand mapping the vocal peaks and valleys.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • My job is important to my team but has big peaks and valleys in terms of workflow.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Cream or milk would do that as well, but the yogurt smoothes out the peaks and valleys, and then give it all a lightly tart, tangy finish.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Life goes by so quickly with so many different ups and downs and peaks and valleys.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One of the best ways to traverse L.A.’s peaks and valleys is through its many secret staircases.
    — Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024
  • Day-to-day, entrepreneurs are faced with fiscal peaks and valleys that can either make or break their brand.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 19 May 2024
  • However, the flu season is expected to have peaks and valleys for the next few weeks.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But construction is dependent on jobs and projects, which means there are peaks and valleys of work.
    — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2024
  • Part of Solitude Village, this five-bedroom home looks out on peaks and valleys from the slope of Okemo Mountain.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 15 Jan. 2023
  • It’s nestled into the peaks and valleys of the Mushroom Kingdom, just next to Bowser’s castle.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Careers have their peaks and valleys, and motherhood has its peaks and valleys.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 June 2024
  • Love is a topic Kem knows well, having explored its nooks, crannies, peaks and valleys in song for more than two decades.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The hotel's success saw both peaks and valleys over the course of the century as the town evolved, particularly after the closure of the mines in the 1950s.
    — The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The film is an exploration of the peaks and valleys that come with being a celebrity and working in the music industry.
    — Arielle Tschinkel, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Like many on the roster, there have been a series of peaks and valleys for the fourth-year point guard, Saturday being one of the lower moments.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
  • This thoroughfare follows the peaks and valleys of the Appalachian Mountains and is home to some of the most spectacular fall scenery in the world.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Trump and Romney have had many peaks and valleys in their relationship.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, your mixtape has great peaks and valleys – there’s such a diversity of style and approach across the songs.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
  • My biggest takeaway from this film is that every career has peaks and valleys.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • As long as the stocks in your portfolio don’t move in lockstep, then the peaks and valleys of performance will cancel each other out.
    — Anna-Louise Jackson, wsj.com, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Haliburton played the hero again Tuesday with 12 fourth-quarter points to finish with 23 and close the game out, but Hield was steady throughout the Pacers' peaks and valleys.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The track is a deft blend of pulsating, hard rock rhythm with a lyric that muses on the peaks and valleys of being intoxicated.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Preacher, dressed in a sparkly black suit, then delved an energetic mix of funk, blues, and rock, as the singer explored the peaks and valleys of his deeply soulful voice.
    — Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
  • But the winger has been prone to peaks and valleys, especially earlier in his career.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023

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