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thrilled

/θɹɪld/ adjective B2
  1. Extremely excited or delighted. · On the phone, he sounded thrilled about the baby.· Ben was thrilled to lead the game.
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Franz now listened to it for the third time; yet its notes, so tenderly expressive and fearfully grand as the wretched husband and wife give vent to their different griefs and passions, thrilled through the soul of Franz with an effect equal to his first emotions upon hearing it.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 372 · C1
You can’t think how I was thrilled at the mere thought.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 172 · C1
The beauty of it all thrilled Anne’s heart, and she gratefully opened the gates of her soul to it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 327 · C1
My nerves thrilled with anticipation when at last the cold wind upon our faces and the dark, void spaces on either side of the narrow road told me that we were back upon the moor once again.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 186 · C1

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