: causing a feeling of great excitement or happiness
a thrilling discovery
a thrilling performance
… flashes into the end zone to give the Rams the winning touchdown in the most thrilling Super Bowl finish ever.—
Rick Reilly
Rick Reilly
thrillingly
adverb
Who, in fact, are the good guys and who are the bad guys in the dramas that unfold here so thrillingly?
—Marie Winn
Marie Winn
… this is a powerful and thrillingly strange movie …
—Terrence Rafferty
Terrence Rafferty
Examples of thrilling in a Sentence
a thrilling adventure movie
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But Moore changed that tune a bit with his performance in a thrilling double-overtime victory at Penn State.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
What an absolutely thrilling week that started off with models parading through hydrangeas under the Eiffel Tower with a beautiful Saint Laurent show and ended with the Big Bang at Chanel.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The most thrilling example is a high-speed freeway chase (brilliantly shot by Jeff Cronenweth), with Eve on a motorcycle pursued by Athena and Ares on light cycles trailing ribbons of red laser in their wake.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Ferguson said that Pfieffer was also quick to note some of the less thrilling aspects of the job.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
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Antonio Morales, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
What an absolutely thrilling week that started off with models parading through hydrangeas under the Eiffel Tower with a beautiful Saint Laurent show and ended with the Big Bang at Chanel.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The most thrilling example is a high-speed freeway chase (brilliantly shot by Jeff Cronenweth), with Eve on a motorcycle pursued by Athena and Ares on light cycles trailing ribbons of red laser in their wake.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Ferguson said that Pfieffer was also quick to note some of the less thrilling aspects of the job.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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