athrill
Example Sentences
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“Lad,” says my uncle, his glass aloft, his eyes resting upon me in pride, his voice athrill with passionate conviction, “here’s t’ you!
From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan
Left alone, my nerves were all athrill with excitement, and I believe my hand shook.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
The gorgeous pre-Raphaelite pictures had always appealed to her innate artistic sense, and set her nerves athrill with a something she could not analyse.
From For the School Colours by Angela Brazil
The girl’s nerves were athrill with the delightful air of mystery suggested by the surroundings.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
And the attention of us all is athrill with mighty interest.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
