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)

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

Expediting preparations for strategic move in rear, 'Mid poor females' ululations, most distressing to the ear-- What makes all your pulses throb? oh! what sets all your nerves athrill?

From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert

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

Mervyn realised that his nerves were somewhat athrill as he placed his first step on the path stairway.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram