thrill ride

noun

: a very exciting ride (such as a roller coaster) at an amusement park

—often used figuratively

The campaign has been a thrill ride from the beginning.

Examples of thrill ride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The last time the Padres played at Chase Field, in mid-June, the Diamondbacks took two of three games and appeared to be among a group of teams that would make the National League wild-card race a thrill ride. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

Guests were stranded in mid-air over the weekend after a thrill ride with rotating arms malfunctioned at Knott’s Berry Farm. —Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 July 2025

Once that's accomplished, though, the movie is a happy thrill ride, a string of stupendous (and stupendously silly) scenes in which the mutants go after the castaways. —Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025

Katherine Pope, Neal H. Moritz, Jason Ning and I will keep the franchise, thrill ride action, heartfelt drama, and storytelling of S.W.A.T. alive. —Andy Swift, TVLine, 18 May 2025

Rhymes for thrill ride

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• belied