exhilarate
verb (used with object)
was exhilarating
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past progressiveof exhilarate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was exhilarating as strangers and former pupils popped in, from India to Brazil to Ukraine to a block away from where I lived.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
For this writer, the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York was exhilarating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Nine-year-old Zuriel said that singing with the Royal Opera was "exhilarating and exciting".
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
It was exhilarating and just what we needed to make ourselves whole again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
It was exhilarating to sit beside him, with the car windows down and the air filled with dust and Rex Lawson’s dreamy rhythms.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
