excitement
noun
an excited state or condition.
excitements
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pluralof excitement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the memoir, Ms. Dunham traces the struggles of her adult life—fame, illness, addiction—with touching emphasis on the early tremulous excitements of becoming well-known: the affirmation, the freebies, the invitations to glittering events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
A gray whisper of a man, he eschewed the excitements of travel in favor of a tea-filled life in his house on Utopia Parkway in Queens.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
The excitements begin amidst blowing dust in Mexico, where in a remote desert some fighter planes missing since World War II suddenly reappear, engines ready to go at the touch of a switch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
Not every testimony in “Secondhand Time” is made of fact; a fair number may have been warped by excitements and passions, and the passing of time.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2016
She tried to see him through Aunty Ujus eyes, a man of wonders, a man of worldly excitements, but she could not.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
