athrill

Example Sentences

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The summer—no sweeter was ever; The sunshiny woods all athrill; The grayling aleap in the river, The bighorn asleep on the hill.

From Songs of a Sourdough by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

Why could he not have slept on forever, he thought, his whole being athrill with the memory revived by his dreams?

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram

All over the country the people are athrill with a new life.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton

The girl’s nerves were athrill with the delightful air of mystery suggested by the surroundings.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

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