athrill

Example Sentences

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Mervyn realised that his nerves were somewhat athrill as he placed his first step on the path stairway.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

He was now in his thirty-sixth year and athrill with that full health and masculine energy that was his blessing to the end of his life.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee

But in reality the speaker suddenly found himself all athrill.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

John Travis said under his breath, his whole frame athrill with subtle emotion, “what makes you think she likes me?” he asked softly.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

The gorgeous pre-Raphaelite pictures had always appealed to her innate artistic sense, and set her nerves athrill with a something she could not analyse.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela