: 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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Fresh off another thrilling Grand Slam final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon, and three different American women reaching the first three Slam finals of the year – with two of them winning titles -- the tennis world awaits what’s next at the U.S. Open.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Then, Tony's security company is hacked, leading to a thrilling espionage caper in which the couple must enlist the help of new friends to clear their names and secure their happy ending once more.
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Both Bey and Kendrick’s roaring vocals are included in the thrilling trailer for the film that serves as Paul Thomas Anderson’s first since 2021’s Licorice Pizza.
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Tune the channel to FOX at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon to catch a thrilling women's soccer match between Germany and France in the 2025 UEFA women's soccer tournament.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Then, Tony's security company is hacked, leading to a thrilling espionage caper in which the couple must enlist the help of new friends to clear their names and secure their happy ending once more.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 24 July 2025
Both Bey and Kendrick’s roaring vocals are included in the thrilling trailer for the film that serves as Paul Thomas Anderson’s first since 2021’s Licorice Pizza.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 July 2025
Tune the channel to FOX at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon to catch a thrilling women's soccer match between Germany and France in the 2025 UEFA women's soccer tournament.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrilling. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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