thrills
Example Sentences
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The cliff divers, drawn to the thrills of the illicit jumps amplified by social media, reveled in dozens of leaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
These are low-frills thrills, and all the more insidiously effective for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Where “Jurassic World” balked at doubling down on its single cruel sequence, “The End of Oak Street” has at least 10 stomach-dropping thrills.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers combined for 13 runs, 23 hits and three home runs Monday at Comerica Park, but the biggest thrills of the game didn’t come from either team’s roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The icy mud sent little thrills of pain up their legs, so they ran, splashing through the puddles and slushing in the mud.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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