exhilarating

Example Sentences

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The opera begins with three ceremonial chords in the orchestra that signal a brief, sober introduction quickly undercut by an exhilarating fast-forwarding overture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Yet, despite this occasional datedness, “Love and Death in the American Novel” remains wonderfully alive, being iconoclastic, polemical, exhilarating and, not least, fun to read.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

And as is his talent, departing vision steward Anderson ties it up in a bow, with a nod to ”our terrifying and exhilarating future.”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, he added: "For me, the fact of learning a language and then using a language is exhilarating, there is nothing I've enjoyed as much as this."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Not that he wanted to in that first exhilarating rush through the air, so swift that the East Wind was out-stripped and left far behind.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton