athrill
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of athrill
Example Sentences
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Something new, wonderfully, terrifyingly, deliciously new, gripped at her heart and set her whole body athrill and trembling.
From Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman
The girl had said nothing at all but, having seen her, Constance was athrill; the girl had not been a bearer of bad news, that was sure; she brought some sort of good news!
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
And Joan submitted without remonstrance, athrill and elate.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
But in reality the speaker suddenly found himself all athrill.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
The summer—no sweeter was ever; The sunshiny woods all athrill; The grayling aleap in the river, The bighorn asleep on the hill.
From Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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