athrill

Example Sentences

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Fifteen, and athrill with a strange new pulse; flushed, as the dawn, with the promise of day.

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack

At noon Friday he had halted at the Rawhide to rest his horse and take a bite of luncheon, but all his young soul was athrill with eagerness; every faculty was alert.

From Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains by King, Charles

“Lad,” says my uncle, his glass aloft, his eyes resting upon me in pride, his voice athrill with passionate conviction, “here’s t’ you!

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman

Quietly, intimately, he smiled at the sound, good old world, athrill with the wonder and beauty of life.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph

The haunting phrase leaped to my brain and I stood staring at the departing carriage athrill with excitement.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John