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US
/ɪɡˈzɪɫɝˌeɪt/
]
VERB
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fill with sublime emotion
He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
How To Use exhilarate In A Sentence
- Upon his return he felt "exhilarated" by the new mood that had swept over the country. A Chinese Art 'Star' in His Sphere
- She left me in a state of sweaty, exhilarated exhaustion, while she glowed with glutted satisfaction beside me. Times, Sunday Times
- We left the meeting exhausted, exhilarated, and dreaming of when we'd get our grubby, grabby mitts on some final code.
- However, this is Hollywood: just as we are aroused by the images of disaster films, we are exhilarated by scenes of destruction.
- For a quiet, level-headed lad, who is usually so composed and unflappable on the pitch, the prospect is one that exhilarates.
- Mrs. Trebond looked weary, but Angel could tell that she was exhilarated by the tell-tale flush on her cheeks.
- This consistently upbeat catalogue song lists those relatively ordinary phenomena which exhilarate and hearten Maria, from raindrops on roses to doorbells and sleighbells to wild geese on moonlit flight.
- His spirits exhilarated by the unexpected good cheer, the Comedian gave way to his naturally blithe humour; and between every mouthful he rattled or rather drolled on, now infant-like, now sage-like. What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03
- Its current show, Kooza, now playing at Randall's Island Park, continues to exhilarate. Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Blithe Spirit, Cirque's Kooza, Mary Stuart
- I felt very exhilarated after my day at the ocean.