(v. t.) A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
(v. t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
(v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
(v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
(v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.
(v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
(n.) A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
(n.) A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Wilkinson said he was "thrilled" to be linking up with Macmillan.
(2) The Dane was powerless, however, when Sturridge returned the favour and Mané doubled Liverpool’s lead in thrilling fashion.
(3) But there is plenty here that thrills, from grand plans for offshore power production to the micro-engineeering of intelligent load management.
(4) Postlethwaite describes working with Armstrong as "thrilling".
(5) ACTUALLY, IT GOT RATHER MORE THAN THAT World Darts, Sky Sports 1, 7pm – The PDC World Darts final, won by Adrian Lewis in a thrilling 7-5 win over Gary Anderson , averaged 884,000 viewers – and peaked with 1.27 million.
(6) And this isn’t a thrill confined to some mythical vanished golden age.
(7) There is a reason for this and it is not merely the deeply ingrained tribal loyalty of a boy who still remembers the thrill of his first visit to the Stretford End or the tingle of excitement when offered a job as a paperboy by a former United star (in those days retired footballers had to work for a living).
(8) They’re peculiarly British but the appeal of the humour and the ever-present message that good people always win is absolutely global.” “These films are a part of British culture and to be carrying on the legacy of [original Carry On writers] Norman Hudis and Talbot Rothwell is a thrill and a responsibility,” said Dawson.
(9) In the course of a few hours, France went from thrill to chill.
(10) David, Marcelo and Simon are thrilled by the initial outpouring of support we’ve received from our fans and we’re excited about sharing our plans with the city, county and community soon.” The accord comes after almost 18 months of haggling with city lawmakers over the potential location, which had tested the patience of MLS officials and threatened to derail the hopes of an MLS franchise ever coming to the city.
(11) Fleming never forgets that a thriller has to thrill; that, whatever else it does, it must entertain.
(12) The audience just want the thrill of seeing celebrity in the flesh.
(13) A principal factor analysis of the 41 X 41 item-intercorrelation matrix yielded three factors which were labeled (1) Deviant Thrill-Seeking, (2) Remorseful Intrapunitiveness and (3) Blackouts.
(14) I was thrilled nonetheless, and by Christmas 1993 I was online for the first time.
(15) Branagh, who received his fifth Oscar nomination (all, incidentally, have been in different categories) declared himself "absolutely thrilled", adding: "It was such an enjoyable experience to make, and this is a very pleasant outcome."
(16) More Music's creative director and founder Pete Moser said: "We are thrilled to have been successful in our NPO bid and what it means, which is to give us a greater ability to provide 'great art and culture for everyone', in line with the Arts Council's overall strategy.
(17) After a successful convention they came back thrilled by the speeches and daunted by the prospects .
(18) But it is hardly Ensler's fault if women still get a thrill out of hearing the word vagina; her plays are transforming armchair post-feminists into activists, and radicalising women more effectively than a whole generation of feminist theory.
(19) A thrilling contest ended with Ali suffering his first defeat , on points, after being dropped by a left hook in the 15th round.
(20) On Wednesday, he embraced his habitual position for Portugal of carrying the load single-handedly when others shrink, ensuring his jittery team did the necessary by scraping a thrilling draw against Bernd Storck’s lively Hungary.
Trembling
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tremble
(a.) Shaking; tottering; quivering.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facial twitch was followed by the generalized convulsion, further progressing to trembling of the limbs and then kicking of the hindlimb (full seizure) after 55 days of age.
(2) "To be honest, I dream of the Premier League," replied the Lille forward, setting hearts a-trembling across England.
(3) One chronically discomposed self-structure, defining itself as polluted and helpless, trembles with the appalling imagery of historical and imminent community disasters.
(4) Simulated gait abnormalities involve weakness of 1 or both legs or ataxia and trembling.
(5) Sweating, trembling, inability to concentrate, weakness, hunger and blurred vision were the most frequently reported symptoms.
(6) Chu, with trembling lips, said that “a 70-year-old like me is unable to lead all the Occupy protestors home unharmed and protect young people from being hit”.
(7) Five to 10 min after the drug administration, the camels at both dosages showed lacrimation, salivation, trembling, restlessness, frequent urination and defecation, followed by diarrhea.
(8) Therefore, the coat-color remained cream in ee (cream) hamsters showing only trembling.
(9) He was eventually thrown out by a lacklustre landlord who finally listened to my trembling 3am calls for action.
(10) Panic-related chest pain, dyspnea, trembling, and fear were important factors in the development, pervasiveness, and severity of situational fears and anticipatory anxiety.
(11) The force of the blast made the ground tremble in the Chinese border city of Yanji, 130 miles away.
(12) The basic features included a brief, involuntary, coarse, irregular, wavering movement or tremble involving arm-hand alone, or arm-hand and leg together.
(13) These movements, which were often abnormal, included trembling and asynchronism.
(14) Though the route map that Wenger had provided was clear enough, his men held it with trembling hands.
(15) When he speaks, his voice trembles: "If Nato hadn't intervened, none of us would be here," he cries.
(16) The shiverer mutation consists of a deletion of the 3' end of the myelin basic protein gene which completely prevents production of mature mRNA and protein, and results in severe dysmyelination and a trembling behavior.
(17) His agonising efforts to appease his dying father and establish a relationship with his sister, Glory, are so finely grained, so trembling with a sense of life unlived, and without the neat, redemptive ending of the previous novel, that it is a much stronger and more radical piece.
(18) On the current track, maybe life does become unbearable in the future, when the last remaining cubic centimetre of public space – a trembling pocket of air perhaps, in a cellar at the Emirates British Library – is finally acquired by a friend of King Charles III.
(19) The following clinical signs such as pronounced muscle fasciculation, trembling, grinding teeth, ataxia, lateral recumbency, bloating, regurgitation, hyperesthesia, mydriasis and convulsions were observed.
(20) Similarly, the prominent 4- and 8-Hz peaks, found in the smoothed EMG power spectra from trembling muscles, were eliminated if the limb was effectively prevented from trembling.