How to Use topmost in a Sentence

topmost

adjective
  • He was standing on the topmost step.
  • In my tests, the topmost part of the base felt like a pot handle on a hot stove.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The various roofs are blue and the topmost turret is gold.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • So, yes, the panoramas from the topmost apartments are Olympian.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 June 2021
  • The front topmost section of hair was swooped to slightly cover her forehead.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The topmost adaptive foam layer is breathable and wicks away moisture and sweat.
    — Brittany Johnson, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Pick the topmost drive on the left and select First Aid or Repair.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Schiff was the topmost congressional leader to call for Biden to drop out last week.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • High on a rocky ridge in the desert, nestled among the brush, is the topmost part of a clock that has been ticking for thousands of years.
    — Dylan Tweney, WIRED, 23 June 2011
  • Prune plants heavily by cutting all shoots and side branches back by about six inches, or to a point just above the topmost fruit.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Heat from the impact boiled off the topmost layer of the ocean while also heating the atmosphere.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Top-down approaches zero in on the topmost areas of the brain used for thinking and speaking.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Heat from the impact caused the topmost layer of the ocean to boil off, while also heating the atmosphere.
    — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Remove all other side branches and cut the central leader back just above the topmost scaffold.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Gounder still feels that the topmost goal is to prevent severe disease, which the vaccines continue to do.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Remove all other side branches and cut the central leader back just above the topmost scaffold.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • The fossil itself is an incomplete skull with jaws, teeth and the topmost spinal vertebra.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The topmost level, which cannot accommodate the mesh, will remain closed to the public.
    — Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The topmost text, in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was fourteen lines long.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The outside is a toxic hellscape that is only visible on big screens in the silo’s topmost level.
    — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
  • What Janaszak is working on is for the second room, about the topmost layer of water and the tiny creatures that float in it.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
  • Quite many sub-ordinated goals might go into attaining the topmost goal.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • All of the camera hardware stays the same as well, though the flash is in a slightly different position to the right of the topmost lens.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • Outside is a toxic hellscape, visible only on big screens in the silo's topmost level.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Both rugs are off-white, with the topmost rug boasting a fringe border and plush texture, making the seating area feel even more comfortable.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2026
  • Some finish in the topmost layers of skin, which is exceptionally thin over the bumps and can compress at the slightest force.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2012
  • The rest of the skeletons were missing—except for the topmost vertebrae, as well as some finger and toe bones tucked into eye sockets.
    — Bridget Alex, Science | AAAS, 17 Dec. 2020
  • To obtain the freshest, most tender crop, harvest the sprouts from the bottom of the plant first, and work your way upward as the topmost sprouts mature.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Yale’s return is also expected to place it among the topmost endowment performers for the year.
    — Juliet Chung and Dawn Lim, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Even while her lungs struggled to breath, McMullen’s topmost concern was Summer.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2021

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