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athrill

[uh-thril] / əˈθrɪl /


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While Wheaton swayed between fear and hope, the community was athrill with excitement.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

And Joan submitted without remonstrance, athrill and elate.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

You were all athrill with the geography and love of it.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

Left alone, my nerves were all athrill with excitement, and I believe my hand shook.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

And all the time I was athrill with pride and joy—suffused therewith into imbecility.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John




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