athrill

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I hardly knew what I hoped or expected, but I was all athrill with a nameless, inexplicable happiness.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

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

John Hunter rode at her side, watching the soft curls on her round girlish neck, athrob and athrill with her presence, and trying to formulate the thing he had brought her out to say.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

The girl had said nothing at all but, having seen her, Constance was athrill; the girl had not been a bearer of bad news, that was sure; she brought some sort of good news!

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin

“A chance, indeed,” he answered, all athrill at the discovery.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram