excite

Example Sentences

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"We live in a world of technology. We need scientists, engineers and mathematicians - and space has a brilliant ability to excite people about those subjects," says Libby Jackson.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It’s a comparison that might not excite shareholders as Apple faces questions about its record of innovation in recent years.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

When a photon strikes a material, it can excite an electron and move it away from its original position, leaving behind a positively charged hole.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

I had grown used to moving suddenly and the prospects of another trip did not excite me.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright