exhilaration

Example Sentences

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In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

But in the next few months of her child’s life, this sense of exhilaration begins to shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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

In an interview with the Washington Post, Mitchell described his work from that time as “filled with pleasure of drawing, of fighting with men I loved, the exhilaration of color and war.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

His mind swung between panic and hope, fear and exhilaration.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro