: 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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For the late Broadway composer, crafting crosswords and treasure hunts was as thrilling as writing musicals.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Those themes took center stage once again on Sunday as there were some thrilling matchups in the playoff hunt, as well as superstars suffering big injury blows.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
For the late Broadway composer, crafting crosswords and treasure hunts was as thrilling as writing musicals.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling political epic One Battle After Another has topped the nominations for the 46th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, securing nine nods in total.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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