exhilaration
Example Sentences
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You feel the exhilaration of veering off the path, the self-exile of speeding toward nowhere, the dread that this caravan has veered too far for its own safety.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 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
You can imagine the exhilaration of merging onto a freeway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
He oscillated hourly between anguish and exhilaration, multiplying fantastically the grandeur of his victories and exaggerating tragically the seriousness of his defeats.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing exhilaration
Lord of the Flies
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The Pearl
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