athrill

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Huddled close to the two owners of the room on the floor were six other girls, all big-eyed, expectant, athrill with interest and excitement.

From Concerning Belinda by Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt

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

John Travis said under his breath, his whole frame athrill with subtle emotion, “what makes you think she likes me?” he asked softly.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

And the attention of us all is athrill with mighty interest.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

He was now in his thirty-sixth year and athrill with that full health and masculine energy that was his blessing to the end of his life.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee