: 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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Miike, through his judicious use of close-ups and gradual unfurling of information, begins to tilt the share of power between his characters in thrilling ways — which in turn forces the audiences to re-calibrate their own beliefs on the fly.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 June 2025
When Noah walks Joanne to her car at the end of the evening, their banter is thrilling, but so is the sense that Noah gets her.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
Sam Reinhart’s remarkable four-goal effort and a near-shutout from goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky anchored a thrilling 5-1 Game 6 win Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena to keep the Cup in South Florida.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
The game was a high-scoring affair, with the Panthers tying the series 1-1 in a thrilling 5-4 win.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 June 2025
When Noah walks Joanne to her car at the end of the evening, their banter is thrilling, but so is the sense that Noah gets her.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
Sam Reinhart’s remarkable four-goal effort and a near-shutout from goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky anchored a thrilling 5-1 Game 6 win Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena to keep the Cup in South Florida.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
The game was a high-scoring affair, with the Panthers tying the series 1-1 in a thrilling 5-4 win.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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