athrill
Example Sentences
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The girl had said nothing at all but, having seen her, Constance was athrill; the girl had not been a bearer of bad news, that was sure; she brought some sort of good news!
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
And Joan submitted without remonstrance, athrill and elate.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
And all the time I was athrill with pride and joy—suffused therewith into imbecility.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
Expediting preparations for strategic move in rear, 'Mid poor females' ululations, most distressing to the ear-- What makes all your pulses throb? oh! what sets all your nerves athrill?
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
At a tap on her door she changed suddenly from the aloof egoist to a woman athrill before the veil of portentous mysteries.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
