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Recent Examples of frisson For the students, the evacuations at first carry an air of palpable panic, even a perverse frisson of adventure, though with frequent repetition, mortal danger gets blunted into exasperated boredom. Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025 By night, his workplace offers camaraderie and a frisson of excitement. Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025 And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025 His aim is to use their technical mastery to bring a frisson of daring back to British fashion. Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for frisson
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Noun
  • But Brussels’s image has always lacked the romance of Paris, or London’s subversive artistic spirit, or the thrill of Barcelona’s vibrant restaurant circuit.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 July 2025
  • But along with the thrill of foraging and discovery, the solitary experience of wading through so much material over many weeks illuminated the heavy loneliness of research.
    Brian Schaefer July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Hall, who in 2003 returned kicks for a touchdown in four straight games, was also selected to the Chiefs’ Hall of Fame in 2023.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2025
  • The sweet and tangy fruit gets an unexpected kick from the jalapeño chile.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 3 July 2025

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“Frisson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisson. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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