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exhilaration

[ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzɪl əˈreɪ ʃən /


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But in the next few months of her child’s life, this sense of exhilaration begins to shift.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Marvin’s combination of determination and weirdness lends the film some of the youthful exhilaration of “Rushmore.”

From The Wall Street Journal

You feel the exhilaration of veering off the path, the self-exile of speeding toward nowhere, the dread that this caravan has veered too far for its own safety.”

From Los Angeles Times

Does the olfactory exhilaration also enhance play-calling, amplifying one’s grasp of X’s and O’s?

From Los Angeles Times

I fell into the same rhythm: starting over, drenched in sweat, sheer exhilaration, “sign me up.”

From Salon