athrill
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of athrill
Example Sentences
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Mervyn realised that his nerves were somewhat athrill as he placed his first step on the path stairway.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
Why could he not have slept on forever, he thought, his whole being athrill with the memory revived by his dreams?
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
All athrill with excitement, Mrs. Gammit hurried through her morning’s chores, and allowed herself no 240 breakfast except half a dozen violent cups of tea “with sweetenin’.”
From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
The Bannocks and Shoshones of Fort Hall 83 were nerved to a high tension and quickly athrill to any new movement.
From Trail Tales by James David Gillilan
You were all athrill with the geography and love of it.
From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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