exhilarate

They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

Oakeshott understood in 1961 that modernity’s emancipation of the individual from the “warmth of communal pressures” did not exhilarate everyone.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021

We — he and we, together — were forging deeper into the unknown, and it seemed to exhilarate him.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018

She might then scare with a raw original, then exhilarate with a driving R&B groover.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010

In his secret life, Walter was a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. exhilarate.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Ever since moving here, I feel like I’ve been searching for that buzz, that indication of what exhilarates the arts patrons in this city.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

The Free University is an island in a sea so dangerous that it exhilarates the inhabitants.

From Time Magazine Archive

That heroic era coincided with Solzhenitsyn's own eight-year term, and its heady air still exhilarates him.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not exactly Love, no more than gooseberry wine is champagne; but it effervesces and exhilarates, and I 'm not sure if it does not agree very well with weak constitutions.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

Matisse said he dreamed of an art that exerted “a soothing, calming influence on the mind,” but we leave Acquavella exhilarated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"I was exhilarated, knowing that this natural insight had led to a major breakthrough," Zargartalebi said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

The CGI glamour throughout “Wicked” can be intoxicating, but in this climax it enables Erivo’s Elphaba to soar like a comet and declare her independence with exhilarated determination:

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024

It makes sense that he wants to extend that style here too, and you can be exhilarated by Ross’ formal daring while still wishing he had more of a command of straightforward, emotional storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

All the traffic, all the people, the tall buildings—Dicey felt scared, and exhilarated.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The towering versions assembled by Shaggy and Scooby embodied abundance, customization and the exhilarating possibility that nearly anything could be made better by placing it between two pieces of bread.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Brook's cameo was exhilarating, a reason to be distracted from Stokes' knock in Durham.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

With Esa-Pekka Salonen as this year’s music director, the festival saw an exhilarating return to its essence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

I find it exhilarating and hilarious to give him grief, and if I had to guess, he feels the same way towards me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Kit felt a surge of generosity that was new and exhilarating.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare