thrill
verb (used with object)
to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
had thrilled
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past perfectof thrill.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had thrilled them by winning with wide margins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Sun Ra was born Herman Poole Blount in 1914, and named for the Southern mystic and performer Black Herman, whose occult stage show had thrilled Blount’s mother.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2020
Even though that manuscript had thrilled his editor, it seemed unlikely anyone could cobble together a complete book from what he had written.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2016
He was a sad shadow of the great athlete who had thrilled the world.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016
His visits had thrilled her, his departures destroyed her.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
