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exhilarate

[ig-zil-uh-rayt] / ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪt /


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They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

Oakeshott understood in 1961 that modernity’s emancipation of the individual from the “warmth of communal pressures” did not exhilarate everyone.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021

At a time when academia can resemble an archipelago, the disciplines more specialized than finch beaks in the Galápagos, Robinson’s audaciously heterodox thinking can exhilarate.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2018

She might then scare with a raw original, then exhilarate with a driving R&B groover.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010

In his secret life, Walter was a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. exhilarate.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Ever since moving here, I feel like I’ve been searching for that buzz, that indication of what exhilarates the arts patrons in this city.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

He rushes off to Paris, whose air exhilarates him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manhattan exhilarates Miro, and he expects it to give his art more oomph.

From Time Magazine Archive

He may be a literary man, who by his writings enlightens, exhilarates, and elevates mankind.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods

The children didn’t catch the intruder, but they were exhilarated by the chase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The band, expanded to include touring keyboardist Loren Gold, seemed exhilarated, if a little stiff at times, a first-night quibble that will surely self-correct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

"I was exhilarated, knowing that this natural insight had led to a major breakthrough," Zargartalebi said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

The CGI glamour throughout “Wicked” can be intoxicating, but in this climax it enables Erivo’s Elphaba to soar like a comet and declare her independence with exhilarated determination:

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024

She felt its fear, and it both saddened and exhilarated her.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

People sometimes tell me about reading Salon avidly in their youth, how it felt like connecting to something exhilarating and cool and a bit crazy in the strange new expanses of the internet.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

George Stigler, Friedman’s close friend and co-founder of the Chicago School, said, “What an exhilarating event!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

And zonk it is, indeed; “Date Night” is an exhilarating, high-velocity, uplifting song with a surprisingly singable chorus.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Asked which is more exhilarating — scoring a goal or a touchdown — the two looked at each other and said in unison: “A touchdown!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

It had been work, exhilarating but exhausting all the same, constantly having to befuddle building supers and bellhops and nosy neighbors just for a place to sleep.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny


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