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exhilarate

[ig-zil-uh-reyt] / ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪt /


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Many remember the exhilarating moment when they stumbled upon their parent’s secret hiding place as a child.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s Seyfried who elevates “The Housemaid” from guilty pleasure status, making it an exhilarating enigma at one moment and genuinely affecting the next.

From Salon

Zamiri splices the movie with colorful strobes that nod to her concert Jumbotrons while making the point that stardom is exhilarating and disorienting.

From Los Angeles Times

By the time he got inside the shell of the building he was exhausted, but also a little exhilarated.

From Literature

As a spectacle, it’s as exhilarating as it is exhausting.

From Los Angeles Times