thrill - use in sentences

Object

  • spill: A deliciously bitter cocktail of jet black humor, thrills, spills and terror!
  • crowd: The net effect was to allow the side to put together breathtaking rugby that thrilled the crowd.
  • audience: A full stage, a final laugh, and a thrilled audience.
  • spectator: Inevitably, the kind of contest which thrills a spectator leaves only a chill within the heart of a manager.

Converse of object

  • enjoy: Short Wave Receiver Now anyone can enjoy the thrill of the sounds of radio broadcasts picked up on a home-built receiver!
  • imagine: Imagine the thrill of reading about the key lifetime events of your grandparents.

Preposition: at

  • prospect: They are thrilled at the prospect of getting a chance to show what they can do.

Adjective modifier

  • vicarious: An Anthony performance is a genuine vicarious thrill for the viewer, a smorgasbord of excitement executed with the finesse of a master pianist.
  • sheer: The sheer thrill of speed always does it for me.
  • ultimate: Research we carried out last year proved scientifically, that bingo is the ultimate thrill, making the National, the ultimate Bingo game.
  • huge: Biking is or should be great fun as well as a huge thrill.
  • cheap: Is that the ultimate computer experience or a cheap thrill?

Modifies a noun

  • seeker: These thrill seekers will jump off just about anything.
  • ride: This low tech thrill ride was an early version of the popular bob sled.

Used with why or when

  • when: We were very nervous waiting for the results but we were so thrilled when we heard we had been awarded gold.

Infinitive complement

  • announce: We are thrilled to announce that an Aristasian Classic is back in print!

Preposition: of

  • chase: And he had better enjoy the thrill of the chase, for this is hunting country.
  • lifetime: Are you interested in a thrill of a lifetime?
  • anticipation: Just thinking about it sends a thrill of anticipation through me.
  • racing: Experience the thrill of street racing as the member of a team out for street supremacy.

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