exhilarant

Example Sentences

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I take the wildering whirl, enjoyment's keenest pain, Enamored hate, exhilarant disdain.

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard

We weave together all sweet, beautiful, delicate, exhilarant words; we weave them into letters, and then we spell it out in rose and lily and amaranth.

From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

It was a sham exhilarant to which fatal reactions could not but attach.

From On Nothing and Kindred Subjects by Belloc, Hilaire

And surely that is the best deliverance in all affliction, to be made so spiritually exhilarant that we can rise above it.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

Of the syrup of Saffron, which is a slightly stimulating exhilarant, and which possesses a rich colour, from one to two teaspoonfuls may be given for a dose, with two tablespoonfuls of cold water.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas