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How to use excite in a sentence

26 example sentences · verb

Excite means to stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. Example: “The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.”

Examples of excite by meaning

verbTo stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

  • The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

verbTo arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

  • Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
  • The political reforms excited unrest among the population.
  • Smugglers operating secretly so as not to excite suspicion.

verbTo cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

  • By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

verbTo energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

  • to excite a dynamo

More sentences with excite

  • The mere idea of you is enough to excite me.From the entry idea
  • There’s something about a recently deceased moggie that excites the imagination.2023 June 22, Adrian Chiles, “Slapped on to tables, thrown over hedges, bounced – why is everyone so horrible to dead cats?”, in The…. From the entry moggie
  • Every one was excite, un dey don' tak no 'count of me.2000, Frederic Remington, “Sun-Down Leflare's Warm Spot”, in John D. Seelye, editor, Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp…. From the entry sais
  • "By George! they'll have something to excite them if they put us up."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry put up
  • Her prescription sought to magically depaganize the root so that it would sedate the users, not excite them.2018, Thomas Hatsis, Psychedelic Mystery Traditions. From the entry depaganize
  • It's the headlong chocolate-dopamine surge that excites.2017 January 31, Jim Myers, “Nashville's Best Candies for Valentine's Day”, in Tennesseean. From the entry frabjous
  • The Brobdingnagians furthermore excite Swift's disgust at the flesh.2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Ch.9, at p.151. From the entry Brobdingnag
  • Plus of course the fabulous State Prize, which will be of sufficient attraction to excite even the most avarous teams.1996, Wing Span, volumes 5-6, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, page 37. From the entry avarous
  • These ideas became, almost immediately, a commonplace in the celebrations of English that continue to excite matrilingual sentiments.1991, Richard W[eld] Bailey, “English Abroad”, in Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of…. From the entry matrilingual
  • L’Histoire du Soldat is still a piece that excites me Russianly and makes me think of the devil.1973, Eve Babitz, Eve’s Hollywood, page 11. From the entry russianly
  • In Italy, a plant called Pizza ugurdu is said to excite powerful erotic feelings even in the most frigid.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 125. From the entry frigid
  • Moreover Meta is one of the few “frigid” spideresses and it probably would be impossible to excite her in any case.1950, John B[attersby] Crompton Lamburn, “Courting”, in The Life of the Spider, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.…. From the entry spideress
  • But the key thing that excites Jolliffe about biochar is that it avoids waste and it can actually give something back to the environment.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 35. From the entry regeneration
  • In and Out of This World provides a set of concepts, frameworks, and primary sources that will excite scholars and students alike.2023 August 8, Max Johnson Dugan, “In and Out of this World: Material and Extraterrestrial Bodies in the Nation of Islam: Stephen C.…. From the entry Yakubian
  • The sides took it in turns to err and excite before Newcastle flagged and Arsenal signalled their top-four credentials by blowing the visitors away.2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian. From the entry flag
  • Turning at the café, I was held up by a roadful of cows, changing pasture at a pace that would not excite anyone’s milk.1997, Nicholas Kilmer, A Place in Normandy, Henry Holt and Company. From the entry roadful
  • Will our talk excite the vandal?1993, Fred D'Aguiar, British Subjects. From the entry woz ere
  • It was easy to dissimulate and disperse these modest purchases in such a way as not to excite the cupidity of any passing patrols.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 784. From the entry cupidity
  • Martineau compares Christ’s substitution to the substitution of a noble citizen in the room of gaolfuls of felons, he excites a prejudice against the Atonement by a false analogy.1901, Marcus Dods, chapter IX, in The Atonement in Modern Religious Thought. A Theological Symposium., New York, N.Y.: Thomas Whittaker…. From the entry gaolful
  • In the Middle Ages, when witchcraft and thaumaturgic practices were rampant over Europe, sorceresses did a roaring trade in magic brews designed to excite the passion or to preserve affection.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 189. From the entry brew

Meaning of excite

  1. verb To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
  2. verb To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  3. verb To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

Full definition of excite

Questions about excite in a sentence

How do you use excite in a sentence?
Excite is used as a verb. For example: “The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.”
What is a short sentence with excite?
“to excite a dynamo”
What does excite mean?
Excite means to stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

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