: 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
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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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With surprising stories and daring craft, these films offer a thrilling glimpse into the future of independent cinema.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
The Denver Nuggets are back in the playoffs for their seventh consecutive season, facing an overhauled version of a familiar postseason foe in the Los Angeles Clippers, who Denver knocked out in 2020 in a thrilling second round comeback from a deficit of three games to one.
—Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The Prestige is a thrilling and effective sleight of hand, reveling in its use of identical twins as a last-second shock: a dirty little secret best left in the dark, wielded by these brothers who live in the shadows to pull off the ultimate illusion.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
With surprising stories and daring craft, these films offer a thrilling glimpse into the future of independent cinema.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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