EXCITEMENT in a Sentence

Learn EXCITEMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
274 example sentences for EXCITEMENT, such as:
1. Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
2. She could hardly contain her excitement.
3. The element of risk just adds excitement.
4. She was unable to contain her excitement.
5. The excitement of the audience has died down.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EXCITEMENT
excitement
 n.  the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
 n.  the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Zeena waited a moment, as if giving him time to feel the full force of the contrast between his own excitement and her composure.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  As he reached the door he met Zeena coming back into the room, her lips twitching with anger, a flush of excitement on her sallow face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  They had sorely missed the excitement of the drills while away, and they counted education well lost if only they could ride and yell and shoot off rifles in the company of their friends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Even if he hasn't actually heard anything this afternoon, perhaps he's noticed something, sensed some excitement in the Wilkes family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  Charles almost stuttered with excitement, holding her warm little hands in his and looking into the dancing green eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  There were fresh roses in her sash that matched her cheeks, and her cornflower-blue eyes were dancing with excitement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  His hair was tousled and his face near geranium with excitement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  The South was intoxicated with enthusiasm and excitement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  Even the excitement caused by the swooning spell that overtook Charles' plump emotional aunt, Miss Pittypat Hamilton, had the quality of a nightmare.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
10  Visitors added excitement and variety to the slow-moving Southern life and they were always welcome.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  From this, Charles and Melanie could only infer that she took a profound pleasure in this occasional excitement, the only excitement in her sheltered life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  She had a heart which fluttered at any excitement and she pampered it shamelessly, fainting at any provocation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  Here, excitement never entered in, voices were never raised, everyone deferred gently to the opinions of others, and, in the end, the black grizzled autocrat in the kitchen had his way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  There was something about the tragic melody and Lorena's lost love that mingled with her own excitement and brought a lump into her throat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  In the excitement, neither of the others seemed to have thought that Captain Butler had not returned Scarlett's ring, too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  The excitement of starting a new job is always mingled with a certain apprehension.
2  The news caused great excitement among scientists.
3  The excitement of the audience has died down.
4  Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.
5  In the excitement of the moment, I forgot my camera.
6  He felt a tiny tremor of excitement as he glimpsed the city lights.
7  She was unable to contain her excitement.
8  She could hardly contain her excitement.
9  The element of risk just adds excitement.
10  The baby's first step caused great excitement in the family.
11  It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement.
12  Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
13  Your body contains many erogenous zones, areas that lead to a feeling of sexual excitement when they are caressed.
14  She felt a surge of excitement when she heard the song.
15  Very great excitement prevails throughout the country.