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exhilarate

[ig-zil-uh-reyt] / ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪt /


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They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level.

From BBC Oct. 10, 2023

Oakeshott understood in 1961 that modernity’s emancipation of the individual from the “warmth of communal pressures” did not exhilarate everyone.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2021

They’re our life’s towering originals, the difficult ones who infuriate us and exhilarate us in equal measure.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2016

She might then scare with a raw original, then exhilarate with a driving R&B groover.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2010

In his secret life, Walter was a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. exhilarate.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."

From BBC Nov. 27, 2024

Ever since moving here, I feel like I’ve been searching for that buzz, that indication of what exhilarates the arts patrons in this city.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2022

And indeed there is about her a health and sense and sanity that exhilarates you like a very spirit of the green earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manhattan exhilarates Miro, and he expects it to give his art more oomph.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has a nervine property, by which it excites the nervous system inordinately, and exhilarates the brain.

From Fifteen Years in Hell by Benson, Luther

He said he smashed his keyboard after realising they had discovered a new species, adding that he felt both "exhilarated and relieved".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The band, expanded to include touring keyboardist Loren Gold, seemed exhilarated, if a little stiff at times, a first-night quibble that will surely self-correct.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Matisse said he dreamed of an art that exerted “a soothing, calming influence on the mind,” but we leave Acquavella exhilarated.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

"I was exhilarated, knowing that this natural insight had led to a major breakthrough," Zargartalebi said.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2024

I came home that night feeling more exhilarated than I’d felt—maybe, ever.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

The towering versions assembled by Shaggy and Scooby embodied abundance, customization and the exhilarating possibility that nearly anything could be made better by placing it between two pieces of bread.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

It’s a devilishly strategic move by director Taccone: Mr. Guilfoyle provides a rush of exhilarating wind through a movie that may have started to feel a little sticky, especially around the head wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

When the driver was thanked by the officer, he said: "I am just glad I could be of service. That was quite exhilarating."

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Sonny Baker, one of the trio of new caps, picked up 2-63 and Jofra Archer was unlucky to claim only one wicket - he bowled a rapid and exhilarating spell late in the day.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Pedaling uphill on Kingsway Road during the morning rush hour could be scary because so many cars were passing me, but the downhill ride was exhilarating.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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