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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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
Walking through the pedestrian tunnel provides an exhilarating view of the famed venue in the Tennessee mountains, but its 28-degree banking can only be summed up by the experience.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
On April 4, however, the red planet will join Uranus in an exhilarating sextile, and your love life could take an unexpected turn.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This first-of-its-kind attraction will take guests on an exhilarating journey through towering glaciers, vast tundra and the icy depths of the Arctic Ocean, encountering some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring wildlife along the way.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Exhilarating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhilarating. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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