Exhilarate
verb
To make someone feel very happy and excited.
The success of their business exhilarated the young entrepreneurs.
Often appears as...
- exhilarate someone with something
- exhilarate someone by something
verb
To make someone feel very happy and excited.
The success of their business exhilarated the young entrepreneurs.
Often appears as...
- exhilarate someone with something
- exhilarate someone by something
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'exhilarate' to describe intense positive feelings, more than just 'happy'.
The roller coaster ride exhilarated the children, leaving them breathless with joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
'Exhilarate' is generally used when someone's feelings are affected personally.
She was exhilarated by the surprise birthday party her friends organized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
The effect of 'exhilarate' is strong and obvious, not a quiet or modest feeling.
Winning the championship exhilarated the whole team; they couldn't stop smiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'exhilarate' to describe intense positive feelings, more than just 'happy'.
The roller coaster ride exhilarated the children, leaving them breathless with joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
'Exhilarate' is generally used when someone's feelings are affected personally.
She was exhilarated by the surprise birthday party her friends organized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
The effect of 'exhilarate' is strong and obvious, not a quiet or modest feeling.
Winning the championship exhilarated the whole team; they couldn't stop smiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'exhilarate' to describe intense positive feelings, more than just 'happy'.
The roller coaster ride exhilarated the children, leaving them breathless with joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
'Exhilarate' is generally used when someone's feelings are affected personally.
She was exhilarated by the surprise birthday party her friends organized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
The effect of 'exhilarate' is strong and obvious, not a quiet or modest feeling.
Winning the championship exhilarated the whole team; they couldn't stop smiling.
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Slowing down time (in...
When you're planning out your narrative, think about those moments, those snippets of life that took longer than the the moment of hearing bad news, the moment of hearing good news, the moment of exhilaration when you realize you hit the jump,
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How to truly listen PIPE...
But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel sorrowful, or happy, or exhilarated, or angry
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The Trouble with...
five months old please do not stick your fingers in there mouths these are predators baby predators but they have teeth and i was supposed to be happy and exhilarated with this experience but that deep inside it was troubling for me as a
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The first secret of...
be easy to test, and make sure it was great for the customer. But most importantly, the battery came fully charged right out of the box, ready to use. So that customer, with all that exhilaration, could just start using the product.
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Anil Ananthaswamy: What...
And as it happened, I read it from midnight to five in the morning in one shot. And I was left with this intense feeling of awe and exhilaration at the universe and our own ability to understand as much as we do.
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How DARPA is creating...
breakthroughs in electronics and neuroscience and algorithms are coming together to enable a new kind of seamless symbiosis between people and technology it's going to exhilarate us it's going to make us deeply
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Jedidah Isler: The...
As I journeyed along my path, I encountered the best and worst of life at an the tremendous opportunity to self-define, the collision of expectation and experience, the exhilaration of victorious breakthroughs
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Regina Dugan: From...
as time goes on. My job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have. I work with some of the most amazing people. And with that exhilaration, comes a really deep sense of responsibility.
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From mach-20 glider to...
time goes on I mean my job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have I work with some of the most amazing people and with that exhilaration comes a really deep sense of responsibility
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To raise brave girls,...
that she should be afraid. Third, we women have to start practicing bravery, too. We cannot teach our girls until we teach ourselves. So here's another fear and exhilaration
Video examples
Slowing down time (in...
When you're planning out your narrative, think about those moments, those snippets of life that took longer than the the moment of hearing bad news, the moment of hearing good news, the moment of exhilaration when you realize you hit the jump,
Video examples
How to truly listen PIPE...
But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel sorrowful, or happy, or exhilarated, or angry
Video examples
The Trouble with...
five months old please do not stick your fingers in there mouths these are predators baby predators but they have teeth and i was supposed to be happy and exhilarated with this experience but that deep inside it was troubling for me as a
Video examples
The first secret of...
be easy to test, and make sure it was great for the customer. But most importantly, the battery came fully charged right out of the box, ready to use. So that customer, with all that exhilaration, could just start using the product.
Video examples
Anil Ananthaswamy: What...
And as it happened, I read it from midnight to five in the morning in one shot. And I was left with this intense feeling of awe and exhilaration at the universe and our own ability to understand as much as we do.
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
breakthroughs in electronics and neuroscience and algorithms are coming together to enable a new kind of seamless symbiosis between people and technology it's going to exhilarate us it's going to make us deeply
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: The...
As I journeyed along my path, I encountered the best and worst of life at an the tremendous opportunity to self-define, the collision of expectation and experience, the exhilaration of victorious breakthroughs
Video examples
Regina Dugan: From...
as time goes on. My job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have. I work with some of the most amazing people. And with that exhilaration, comes a really deep sense of responsibility.
Video examples
From mach-20 glider to...
time goes on I mean my job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have I work with some of the most amazing people and with that exhilaration comes a really deep sense of responsibility
Video examples
To raise brave girls,...
that she should be afraid. Third, we women have to start practicing bravery, too. We cannot teach our girls until we teach ourselves. So here's another fear and exhilaration
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.
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Basil Bunting
British Poet
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.
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Ashley Jensen
Scottish Actress
In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that.
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Charles McCarry
American Writer
As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of restoring its culture.
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Edward Hoagland
American Author
Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.
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David S. Rose
American Businessman
The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.
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Michael Franti
American Musician
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.
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Akiane Kramarik
American Poet
I feel every painting is a challenging piece of a puzzle for me and others to solve. I feel both humble and exhilarated to see if completed.
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George S. Patton
American General
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.
Quote examples
Basil Bunting
British Poet
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.
Quote examples
Ashley Jensen
Scottish Actress
In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that.
Quote examples
Charles McCarry
American Writer
As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of restoring its culture.
Quote examples
Edward Hoagland
American Author
Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.
Quote examples
David S. Rose
American Businessman
The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.
Quote examples
Michael Franti
American Musician
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.
Quote examples
Akiane Kramarik
American Poet
I feel every painting is a challenging piece of a puzzle for me and others to solve. I feel both humble and exhilarated to see if completed.
Quote examples
George S. Patton
American General
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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