athrill
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of athrill
Example Sentences
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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 Balmer, Edwin
Fifteen, and athrill with a strange new pulse; flushed, as the dawn, with the promise of day.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack
“A chance, indeed,” he answered, all athrill at the discovery.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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 Munger, Dell H.
At noon Friday he had halted at the Rawhide to rest his horse and take a bite of luncheon, but all his young soul was athrill with eagerness; every faculty was alert.
From Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains by King, Charles
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