athrill
Example Sentences
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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 Angela Brazil
The girl’s nerves were athrill with the delightful air of mystery suggested by the surroundings.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
Left alone, my nerves were all athrill with excitement, and I believe my hand shook.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
You were all athrill with the geography and love of it.
From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
And the attention of us all is athrill with mighty interest.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
