: causing a feeling of great excitement or happiness
a thrilling discovery
a thrilling performance
… flashes into the end zone to give the Rams the winning touchdown in the most thrilling Super Bowl finish ever.—
Rick Reilly
Rick Reilly
thrillingly
adverb
Who, in fact, are the good guys and who are the bad guys in the dramas that unfold here so thrillingly?
—Marie Winn
Marie Winn
… this is a powerful and thrillingly strange movie …
—Terrence Rafferty
Terrence Rafferty
Examples of thrilling in a Sentence
a thrilling adventure movie
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Kehlmann creates a thrilling version of how the film was made and then a perverse and haunting account of what happened to it.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
There are some thrilling moments that might raise a few heart rates.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 May 2025
This isn't the first time Paramount has tried bringing the thrilling energy of the Top Gun films to life.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 23 May 2025
McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
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David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
There are some thrilling moments that might raise a few heart rates.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 May 2025
This isn't the first time Paramount has tried bringing the thrilling energy of the Top Gun films to life.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 23 May 2025
McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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