: 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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Additionally, there is Zoltan (Danny Woodburn), the fan-favorite dwarf with some rather thrilling skills, and several others to round out the already expansive cast.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The Jets pulled off a thrilling comeback in the fourth quarter to knock off the Cincinnati Bengals 39-38 on the road in Week 8.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The upcoming baseball offseason promises to be a thrilling one, but until the end of the World Series, there’s not much Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, or any other major league team’s top baseball operations executive, can do.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The final Italy ran out convincing winners over West Germany in a final that was less thrilling than the 3-1 scoreline suggests.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The Jets pulled off a thrilling comeback in the fourth quarter to knock off the Cincinnati Bengals 39-38 on the road in Week 8.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The upcoming baseball offseason promises to be a thrilling one, but until the end of the World Series, there’s not much Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, or any other major league team’s top baseball operations executive, can do.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The final Italy ran out convincing winners over West Germany in a final that was less thrilling than the 3-1 scoreline suggests.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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