exhilarate
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They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Oakeshott understood in 1961 that modernity’s emancipation of the individual from the “warmth of communal pressures” did not exhilarate everyone.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
We — he and we, together — were forging deeper into the unknown, and it seemed to exhilarate him.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
Photograph: John Alex Maguire /Rex Features Winning Words is a project intended to highlight during the 2012 Olympics; it's also an anthology – Winning Words: Inspiring Poems for Everyday Life – designed to exhilarate.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2012
In his secret life, Walter was a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. exhilarate.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Ever since moving here, I feel like I’ve been searching for that buzz, that indication of what exhilarates the arts patrons in this city.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
He rushes off to Paris, whose air exhilarates him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wit is in the film's dialogue; it exhilarates even as it horrifies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has a nervine property, by which it excites the nervous system inordinately, and exhilarates the brain.
From Fifteen Years in Hell by Luther Benson
He said he smashed his keyboard after realising they had discovered a new species, adding that he felt both "exhilarated and relieved".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The band, expanded to include touring keyboardist Loren Gold, seemed exhilarated, if a little stiff at times, a first-night quibble that will surely self-correct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Matisse said he dreamed of an art that exerted “a soothing, calming influence on the mind,” but we leave Acquavella exhilarated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
"I was exhilarated, knowing that this natural insight had led to a major breakthrough," Zargartalebi said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
The airplane ride exhilarated him, encouraged illusion and a feeling of invulnerability.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
No wonder the action sequences never seem exhilarating — Latif may be adept at staying alive, but the sanctity of his soul is another matter entirely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mastering this unusual system has proved a challenge but an exhilarating one, with the print moving at 180 feet per minute, twice the speed of a conventional projector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s the most exhilarating experience I’ve had at the movies this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It's exhilarating, you get a lot of adrenaline," Macfarlane said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
I found it frightening, invigorating, daunting, and exhilarating all at the same time.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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