exhilarate
verb (used with object)
had exhilarated
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past perfectof exhilarate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Responsibility, the searcher out of souls, had exhilarated and sobered the man.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
Our success in crushing the first attack had exhilarated us.
From "Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier With Some Personal Reminiscences by Warren Olney
Still the incident had exhilarated him, he was more than ever a part of the crowd, and he went with them as far as Buckingham Palace.
From To Love by Margaret Peterson
The surprise and joy of her friend's return had exhilarated her.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
The fresh mountain breeze had exhilarated them so much that the feeling of well-being was laughing from their young faces.
From Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger) Stork
