exhilaration
Example Sentences
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“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill,” wrote Golding, “and there was the world of longing and baffled common sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Games afford us the exhilaration of getting outside ourselves with new incentives, powers and ways to strive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
I fell into the same rhythm: starting over, drenched in sweat, sheer exhilaration, “sign me up.”
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
But the exhilaration felt in such moments had been matched by the "anger and profound sadness" felt in others.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
There’s an express exhilaration that is quickly replaced by anxiety.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Vocabulary lists containing exhilaration
Lord of the Flies
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The Pearl
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