How to use thrill in a sentence

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• The clean thrill of getting the right answer gave me a sense of efficacy and rootedness.2023 July 18, Arianne Shahvisi, Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice, Penguin, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry clean
• On a more serious note, the thrill, the rush of a ‘fight or flight’ situation is unmatchable.2020 June 28, Anvita Singh, “Into the Night: A lockdown gift from Netflix”, in The Indian Express. From the entry paisa vasool
• The thrill of eventually finding a job is quickly offset by her untreated depression.2019 August 16, Monalesia Earle, Writing Queer Women of Color: Representation and Misdirection in Contemporary Fiction and Graphic…. From the entry untreated
• You do not eat cat simply for the thrill of eating cat.2013, Peter Hessler, Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West, Harper Perennial, →ISBN. From the entry cat
• Simon felt a thrill course through him as the two alien vessels swelled in his sights.2012, Mark E. Burgess, The Battle for Eden. From the entry spaceforce
• But it offers pianistic thrills as well as a few moments of dreamy introspection, and Mr.2009 January 5, Allan Kozinn, “A Hefty Sound for Bach and a Piano-Centric Strauss and Szymanowski”, in New York Times. From the entry pianistic
• He thought this was an egoboost, a thrill of power, that The Cat did this as self-promotion.2008, Bronwyn Scott, Pickpocket Countess, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry egoboost
• Experience the harrowing thrill of riding a bicycle through some of the world's worst and wildest traffic.1999, Ted Lerner, Hey, Joe: A Slice of the City, an American in Manila--, Book of Dreams, →ISBN. From the entry hey Joe
• You can’t imagine the thrill of lighting the fuse and running for cover.1995 July 18, Doug Clark, “Bowling Can Be Really Fun - Just Add Lots Of Gunpowder”, in The Spokesman-Review. From the entry Godzillalike
• Five power-packed pages of game thrills - more than ever before!1989 June, “Contents”, in Crash, number 89, published 1991. From the entry Codies
• It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry disorder
• Serendipity adventurizes and romanticizes objects of desire, endowing the experience of their acquisition with a vicarious thrill.1962, Puzant Kevork Thomajan, Advertigo, page 32. From the entry adventurize
• Louis must have some thrills even for the most die-hard steam enthusiast.1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261. From the entry spotlessly
• It has a lot of exciting poses that will give you a thrill.1949, Robert Mende, Spit and the Stars, page 214. From the entry Tillie and Mac book
• Broadswordsmanship on the stage giving frails in audience thrill of their lives.1930, Variety, Variety (May 1930), Variety Publishing Company, page 50. From the entry broadswordsmanship
• For beauty and picturesqueness and sheer thrill these discoveries remain unmatched by those of any subsequent year.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 4. From the entry none the less
• These are people getting some sort of vicarious thrill from the street violence people like Tommy Robinson promote.2025 January 6, Keir Starmer, 33:21 from the start, in Prime Minister's remarks on the NHS, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre…. From the entry vicarious
• Alongside other sin-taxed thrills (smoking, doping, gambling), most jurisdictions regulate where, when and by whom alcohol may be consumed.2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post. From the entry sin-taxed
• Like empires, world orders grow old, fissiparous, complacent and grumpy — despite the Champagne, the thrill is gone.2015 January 1, Steven Erlanger, “New Year, Old Problems”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry fissiparous
• Some of their picks include the Hempel in London, which offers S&M thrills, particularly in a room called the Lioness's Den.2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary. From the entry S&M
• They seek new kicks, new thrills, new adventures.2010, Theodore J. Kaczynski, edited by David Skrbina, Technological Slavery, page 385. From the entry kick
• This week: cheap thrills and freebies for the frugalista.2008 July 30, “The body beautiful”, in Telegraph.co.uk. From the entry frugalista
• The result is an hourlong stuntfest that, hard as it tries, is woefully short on thrills and artistry.2008 April 15, Claudia La Rocco, “Choreographers Cross Over, and Gymnasts Take Flight”, in New York Times. From the entry stuntfest
• Is it the desire for cheap thrills?2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex…. From the entry make tick
• People who've zorbed in New Zealand, say Swiss mountains are too steep to allow the leisurely roll-out that's the real thrill.2003, Damien Simonis et al., Switzerland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry zorb
• That's the biggest thrill of my life.'2001, David J. Shayler, Gemini. From the entry whoop-de-doo
• When perfection is achieved, the thrill of recognition in the audience fulfills local sensibilities, but translates poorly into academic discourse.1999, Karen L. Hero, “Missed Opportunities: American Anthropological Studies of Micronesian Arts”, in Robert C. Kiste, Mac Marshall…. From the entry translate
• No living-in-sin for them, only licit thrills.1998, Rose Dorrance Beser, Why Some People Act So Stupid and What You Can Do About It, Dewey Publishing, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry gametophobia
• This is a Macbethian Gothic, a subtype of the shilling shocker designed to thrill the reader with gory supernatural spectacle.1998, Syndy M. Conger, Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 26. From the entry Macbethian
• The thrill of the rimming soon made this guy beg for me to stop before he jazzed his nuts.1986, Winston Leyland, Hard, page 84. From the entry jazz
• The sword seemed to thrill under his touch as a harp thrills in response to its master's hand.1981, Rosemary Sutcliff, “The Sword in the Stone”, in The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, 1st…. From the entry quillon
• “What is this?” he bellowed, “jungle thrills for tourists?1978, Hugh Gantzer, Flashpoint!, Vikas, →ISBN, page 69, →ISBN. From the entry whom're
• The thrill of discovery quickly wore off.1972 March 6, “China Coverage: Sweet and Sour”, in Time. From the entry banquet
• Some surfers prefer the hairy thrill of a big wave.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer. From the entry hairy
• Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all.1954 January 4, “I Get a Kick Out of You”, in Songs for Young Lovers, performed by Frank Sinatra. From the entry kick
• Even in her daze of misery she was conscious of that keen thrill as she stood in the radiance.1918, Louise Dunham Goldsberry, “Out of the Depths”, in Ted: And Some Other Stories, Boston, M.A.: The Gorham Press, page 146. From the entry globeful
• It gave me a thrill, for it was the first time I had ever heard speech, except my own.1906, Mark Twain, Eve's Diary. From the entry clod
• Nature then with rapture trembles, Music flows divine along To besoothe our restless feeling By the magic thrill of song.1903, Thomas Ostenson Stine, Echoes from Dreamland. From the entry besoothe
• It encourages real excitement about getting creative with the clothes you already have in your wardrobe and therein lies the thrill of it.2023 March 2, Sophie Lou Wilson, “Cluttercore: Why The 2010s Blogger Aesthetic Is Back In Style”, in Refinery29, archived from the…. From the entry core

Meaning of thrill

1. verb To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
2. verb To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
3. verb To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.

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Questions about thrill in a sentence

How do you use thrill in a sentence?

Thrill is used as a verb and noun. For example: “She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.”

What is a short sentence with thrill?

“Is it the desire for cheap thrills?”

What does thrill mean?

Thrill means to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.