exhilarating
adjective
ex·hil·a·rat·ing
ig-ˈzi-lə-ˌrā-tiŋ 
: causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling
an exhilarating experience
… an exhilarating ride that allows participants to catch an aerial view like they've never seen before.—
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Kathryn M. Roy… I would like to convey the sense of flight as it was almost at the very beginning of itself, when everything about it was miraculous and dangerous and exhilarating.—James Dickey
James Dickey… an exhilarating career full of deals sealed at three-martini lunches.—Andrea Cooper
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no recording can capture the exhilarating feeling of being at a live rock concert
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All as the Chiefs’ passing game will feature receiver Xavier Worthy back after an exhilarating rookie season, receiver Rashee Rice returning from injury and the Chiefs presumably re-signing receiver Hollywood Brown.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Luna will also meet with Uranus in a surprising trine, bringing exhilarating breakthroughs and unexpected conversations to the forefront.
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Yet the film also works as an exhilarating history of Sly and the band’s rise and that musical genius, and the fact that the interviews and much of the analysis was led by Questlove — no small musical genius himself — gives it an insight and authority that most music documentaries cannot claim.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
The characters are more interesting, the plot is more compelling and the flying is more exhilarating.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Luna will also meet with Uranus in a surprising trine, bringing exhilarating breakthroughs and unexpected conversations to the forefront.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Yet the film also works as an exhilarating history of Sly and the band’s rise and that musical genius, and the fact that the interviews and much of the analysis was led by Questlove — no small musical genius himself — gives it an insight and authority that most music documentaries cannot claim.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
The characters are more interesting, the plot is more compelling and the flying is more exhilarating.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Exhilarating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhilarating. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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