The word "frisson" is a correct and usable word in written English.
"Frisson" is defined as a sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear that gives you goosebumps. It can also refer to an intense shiver or thrill. Example: As she walked towards the stage to receive her award, a frisson of excitement ran through her body. The cheers and applause of the audience were overwhelming and she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.
Eight years on I still get a frisson of excitement when I go on shift and see a full board and a busy delivery ward.
It was a deft deflection, which largely worked, and the little frisson over travel perks dissipated quickly enough.
Children's authors often talk about "the thrill of safe fear" – the frisson of reading about bad things happening to people who are safely locked up in a book.
As well as the leading pair in San Andreas, there's also a frisson of romance for Paul Giamatti in the film with Archie Panjabi, at just five years his junior.
I do recall a frisson of excitement reading a notice about Don Bradman's match at Liverpool (particularly as little appeared to have been done to upgrade the players' facilities between 1930 and 1981), and feeling privileged to be behind the shatterproof glass at Southport, a ground where I had sat on the grass to watch Clive Lloyd and Ken McEwan, among many others.
That frisson in the air you feel isn't just the arrival of fall: that's suspense.
Most people's vote might go to The Woman in Black; though even old potboilers such as Gaslight can be quite chilling when the lights begin to flicker, and Conor McPherson's supernatural dramas generate a genuine frisson.
The bulk of the events took place live, which helped to inject a satisfying frisson of danger.
The erotic frisson of Christian Grey removing Anastasia's tampon derives not merely from the fact that, faced with her menstruation, Christian proceeds with his erotic education of young Anastasia; it's that he removes her tampon himself and then boinks her against the vanity.
Arsenal are Aston Villa's opponents in the FA Cup final on Saturday and also the club that Sherwood grew up supporting, which is why there was such a frisson of excitement when Rioch showed an interest in signing him.
When nearby Mosul fell overnight on June 9th-10th, a frisson of horror rippled across Kurdistan.
