burning with excitement
Example Sentences
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“Everyone in Japan was burning with excitement about the Games,” said Kazuo Inoue, 69, who vividly recalls being glued to the new color television in his family’s home in Tokyo in 1964.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
Very gently, burning with excitement as if he had been touching gold, Lord Talbot laid them on a desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
The day passed slowly to the young knights, all of whom were burning with excitement at the thought of the coming fray.
From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Then walked the athletes, their eyes burning with excitement.
From Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia by Hall, Jennie
When they went into the living-room, Barbara's cheeks were burning with excitement and her eyes shone like stars.
From Flower of the Dusk by Reed, Myrtle
