athrill
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of athrill
Example Sentences
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All over the country the people are athrill with a new life.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Clarence Hamilton Poe
But in reality the speaker suddenly found himself all athrill.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
Left alone, my nerves were all athrill with excitement, and I believe my hand shook.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
The girl’s nerves were athrill with the delightful air of mystery suggested by the surroundings.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
John Hunter rode at her side, watching the soft curls on her round girlish neck, athrob and athrill with her presence, and trying to formulate the thing he had brought her out to say.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
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