exhilarate
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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
The fact that he manages to exhilarate and inspire in spite of this is his glory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 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
The Free University is an island in a sea so dangerous that it exhilarates the inhabitants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manhattan exhilarates Miro, and he expects it to give his art more oomph.
From Time Magazine Archive
The women are positive in their exclamations of reunion, and this undoubted feminine joy exhilarates, and entertains the men.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
The children didn’t catch the intruder, but they were exhilarated by the chase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He said he smashed his keyboard after realising they had discovered a new species, adding that he felt both "exhilarated and relieved".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
Robert was flushed and exhilarated as Ned reined up beside him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The beginning is exhilarating, the character studies slow things down, the conclusion is electric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the real exhilarating and exultant joy is that of the chase — two very different men forced on the run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Finally, in 1855, he moved to Europe and became part of an exhilarating bohemian culture in Paris and vanguard art world in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
"It's exhilarating, you get a lot of adrenaline," Macfarlane said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Sometimes it was exhilarating, but it was demanding, too, and burdensome, to know how to use it well, and when.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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