exhilaration
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bang, boot, charge, frisson, jollies, kick, rush, thrill, titillation, wallop
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The climbing continues for more than 4,300 feet with a few undulations here and there, but the payout is huge: a thousand-foot descent in fewer than 1.5 miles that leaves riders grinning from sheer exhilaration and adrenaline. — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, "Mountain biking trails that’ll get you home in time for dinner," 13 June 2019 People who feel joy and exhilaration from getting close to wild animals usually are unaware that many of the animals at such attractions live a lot like Meena, or worse. — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, "Suffering unseen: The dark truth behind wildlife tourism," 12 June 2019 There was always danger and exhilaration, and there were always consequences. — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, "The Outlaw World of Deadwood," 6 June 2019 One day Stefanie, who’d rediscovered the exhilaration of skiing with her older children (pictured above, along with her youngest son), approached the principal of the town’s only K–8 school. — Melody Warnick, Woman's Day, "These Small-Town Heroes Are Helping Their Communities Thrive," 2 Apr. 2019 That said, the sensation accelerating out of the apex and down the straight was one of power and exhilaration. — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, "Party in the front, pain in the back: The BMW X4 reviewed," 18 Oct. 2018 The plot is twisty in a perfunctory way, the action predictably explosive, the sought-after exhilaration nonexistent. — The Seattle Times, "4 movies open the day before Thanksgiving in the Seattle area," 20 Nov. 2018 That level of exhilaration—of the familiar and the astounding slamming together, all wrapped in a blanket of tetrads—can also be found in Tetris Effect. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Tetris Effect review: The puzzle game of my dreams—literally," 9 Nov. 2018 Any relationships formed are surely karmic, so get ready for serious romantic exhilaration. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "What August's Virgo Horoscope Means for You," 30 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exhilaration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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