at one's best
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The episode sheds light on the complexities of accommodating mental illness in adventure sports, where taking part even at one’s best is perilous.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Carroll decided to refine his own philosophy relentlessly, eventually distilling it down to an “always compete” mantra that’s less focused on winning than on being at one’s best.
From Forbes ● Aug. 1, 2014
One is never at one's best and sunniest when one has been forced by a ruthless uncle into abandoning the girl one loves and becoming engaged to another, to whom one is indifferent.
From The Intrusion of Jimmy by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Why, they're all that way, and both Marie and Annita would draw the line at one's best silk stockings, I am sure.
From And So They Were Married by Kingsley, Florence Morse
One is never at one's best and sunniest when a rival has performed a brilliant and successful piece of cutting-out work beneath one's very eyes.
From The Gem Collector by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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