3785 examples of thrilling in sentences

These were said to present a thrilling story of accomplishment, telling of many encounters with U-boats and also of the rescue of numerous crews of ships which had been destroyed by submarines off the coasts of England and Ireland.

BOTTLING UP U-BOAT BASES One of the most thrilling exploits of the war occurred on the night of April 22, 1918, when British naval forces performed an almost incredible feat, by entering the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge, German submarine bases, and practically bottling them up.

The following is one of hundreds of thrilling experience stories that could be told by officers and men who fought at that front.

HEROIC FEAT OF A CANADIAN A thrilling and unprecedented feat was performed by Lieut.

Among the fiercer struggles before Verdun, the battle of Caillette Wood, east of the fortress city, will have a place in history as one of the most bloody and thrilling.

From survivors came thrilling stories of the horrors and humanities of the battle.

" Mr. Effingham pressed his hands warmly again, before he relinquished them; an assurance of welcome that Paul received with thrilling satisfaction.

Before this was served he spent several thrilling minutes under an icy shower and emerged feeling more on terms with himself and the world.

He considered it most "fetching", but her thrilling derision overwhelmed his expression of opinion.

A THRILLING RESCUE VI A. JONES VII THE INVALID VIII THE MAGIC OF A NAME IX DOCTOR

CHAPTER V A THRILLING RESCUE

" "It must have been thrilling!" gasped Patsy.

Thrilling with this interpretation, Josie pulled at Lizzie's sleeve, and made a frantic appeal to her to come away as the policeman had advised, adding, "We are decent girls, andit's a disgrace to have anything to do with such a lot as Becky and her family and" "What yer talkin' 'bout?" suddenly interrupted the policeman,"what yer talkin' 'bout?

My own most thrilling moments came about in this way: The platoon of artillery to which I belonged had, as already related, decided that its position directly behind the hotly beset infantry was untenable, and consequently fell back at speed, for some distance.

" Sweet and happy, the weary and flushed little children stood looking up in her face while she talked, their hearts thrilling with compassion for the drooping flowers and with delight in the giving of their gift.

Tell me, when shall these wearie woes have end; Or shall their ruthlesse torment never cease, But al my days in pining languor spend, Without hope of asswagement or release? Is there no meanes for me to purchace peace, Or make agreement with her thrilling eyes; But that their cruelty doth still increace, And dayly more augment my miseryes?

And then, more thrilling than all else, the words of the preacher: "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Without the slightest change of countenance, Philip desires the priest, whose ear the thrilling whisper has reached, and who stands open-mouthed, prepared to burst forth at once into the Te Deum, to proceed with the service; that ended, he orders appropriate thanks to be offered up.

Then there came another, almost unheard at first, faint, thrilling, maddening.

Another effortand in the powder-choked vault there rang out a thrilling cry of triumph.

He laughed aloud as a sudden thrilling thought flashed into his mind.

She would lean on top of her broom and tell of her former adventures thrilling enough and lengthy enough to fill a dozen lives.

In another breath his voice hissed through the gloom in a sharp, startled command: "Good God, Nat, come here!" Something in the strange fierceness of Neil's words startled Nathaniel, like the thrilling twinges of an electric shock.

Then he added, "Do you notice anything queer about the way you're bound to that stake, Nat?" There was a thrilling emphasis in Nathaniel's answer.

"Helphelphelp!" Again and again the thrilling words burst from his throat, and as their echoes floated back to them from the forest, like a thousand mocking voices, Nathaniel grew hot with the sweat of horror.

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