The phrase “at its best” means that something is performing at its highest level of performance, excellence, or quality. It can be used to describe anything from a sporting event to a work of art to a natural phenomenon.
Here are some examples of how the phrase “at its best” can be used in a sentence:
The team played at its best and won the game.
The symphony was a masterpiece, Mozart at his best.
The Grand Canyon is at its best in the spring, when the wildflowers are in bloom.
The beach is at its best at sunset, when the sky is ablaze with color.
The phrase “at its best” can also be used in a more figurative sense to describe something that is particularly good or enjoyable. For example, you might say that a particular restaurant is “pizza at its best” or that a certain movie is “comedy at its best.”
Here are some other phrases that mean the same thing as “at its best”:
- in top form
- at the top of its game
- in peak condition
- in excellent condition
- at its peak
- at its zenith
- at its optimum
- at its maximum
In the English Vocabulary Profile, at B1, is the following entry:
at his/its, etc. best = at the highest level of achievement or quality
A search in iWeb corpus for:
at _APPGE _JJT
1 AT ITS BEST 28383
I‘m a huge fan of capitalism at its best.
2 AT THEIR BEST 11959
3 AT ITS FINEST 8811
4 AT HIS BEST 8032
5 AT ITS HIGHEST 7418
6 AT ITS LOWEST 4632
7 AT ITS WORST 4609
8 AT YOUR BEST 4280
9 AT THEIR HIGHEST 3148
10 AT OUR BEST 2461
11 AT THEIR LOWEST 2405
12 AT YOUR NEAREST 2110
13 AT YOUR EARLIEST 1961
14 AT ITS WIDEST 1943
15 AT MY BEST 1846
16 AT THEIR WORST 1741
17 AT ITS SIMPLEST 1533
18 AT HER BEST 1286
19 AT ITS STRONGEST 889
20 AT ITS GREATEST 752
21 AT ITS DEEPEST 529
22 AT ITS FULLEST 523
23 AT ITS WEAKEST 521
24 AT ITS FASTEST 494
25 AT YOUR HIGHEST 459
26 AT HIS WORST 434
27 AT OUR LATEST 433
28 AT ITS NARROWEST 430
29 AT MY WORST 430
30 AT THEIR EARLIEST 415
31 AT ITS CLOSEST 404
32 AT THEIR FINEST 398
33 AT ITS PUREST 392
34 AT ITS EARLIEST 383
35 AT ITS LARGEST 376
36 AT THEIR STRONGEST 363
37 AT ITS THICKEST 345
38 AT HIS LOWEST 339
39 AT MY LOWEST 333
40 AT ITS BRIGHTEST 298
41 AT ITS HOTTEST 288
42 AT ITS SLOWEST 284
43 AT THEIR WEAKEST 280
It preys on areas where people and communities are at their weakest.
44 AT HIS FINEST 275
45 AT THEIR LATEST 265
46 AT YOUR WORST 260
47 AT THEIR FASTEST 256
48 AT ITS THINNEST 251
49 AT ITS BUSIEST 233
50 AT THEIR WIDEST 230
The following superlative structure tends to require a following noun.
at _APPGE most _JJ
1 AT ITS MOST BASIC 2496
2 AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE 681
3 AT ITS MOST EXTREME 312
4 AT THEIR MOST BASIC 286
5 AT ITS MOST FUNDAMENTAL 284
6 AT ITS MOST POWERFUL 228
7 AT ITS MOST INTENSE 213
8 AT ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL 211
9 AT ITS MOST EFFECTIVE 196
10 AT ITS MOST EFFICIENT 173
11 AT THEIR MOST ACTIVE 165
12 AT THEIR MOST RECENT 162
13 AT ITS MOST VULNERABLE 149
14 AT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE 146
15 AT OUR MOST RECENT 124
16 AT YOUR MOST RECENT 120
17 AT ITS MOST RECENT 110
18 AT OUR MOST POPULAR 107
19 AT HIS MOST RECENT 103
20 AT HIS MOST VULNERABLE 101