athrill

Example Sentences

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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 Strang, Herbert

All over the country the people are athrill with a new life.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton

In her highest Supra-reaches, she is athrill with Supra-faculties.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

But in reality the speaker suddenly found himself all athrill.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

The gorgeous pre-Raphaelite pictures had always appealed to her innate artistic sense, and set her nerves athrill with a something she could not analyse.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela