exhilarate
verb (used with object)
were 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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The vocals and the vibe of the crowd were exhilarating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Barnacles covered the bodies of some, and as they breached the water’s surface and arced across the clear sky, the whales’ strength and otherworldliness were exhilarating to behold.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
The characters were intriguing, the stunts were exhilarating, and every frame was bursting with incredible, how’d-they-do-that nerve.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2020
Yes, there were exhilarating dashes down the wing and also those dribbled bursts of close control.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2019
Lupin’s news seemed to have taken them out of themselves, removed them for a while from their state of siege: Tidings of new life were exhilarating.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
