Sentence examples for occasional thrill from inspiring English sources

Every Monday a different group of magicians appears (or disappears, as the case may be), offering illusions, sleight of hand and an occasional thrill like knife throwing.

But in a market in which manufacturers must scramble for every tenth of a point of market share, many seem oblivious to customers who need sensible transportation but crave an occasional thrill.

No one seems in a hurry; the point of wheeling rather than walking is not the speed but the challenge of navigating and the occasional thrill of a swift descent and a muddy, cool stream crossing.

We all think our kids are wonderful, obviously, and the occasional thrill of vainglorious pride we feel at their achievements spills out in a humblebrag or a boastful status update to our bored acquaintances.

"Wobbles" or "go-as-you-please" races were gradually replaced by faster and more exciting cycling events, which promised pile-ups (and the occasional thrill of a lady cyclist), but pedestrianism could also deliver drama.

I've often argued that the world would be better off if people, from an early age, absorbed science not as a set of facts (sadly the state of science education today), but as a story — full of vexing questions, conflict, dead ends, insights and the occasional thrilling leap.

One recalled the first hand grenades issued to his platoon, and the man next to him saying with interest as he eagerly fingered it: "Oh, is this the pin?" The routine of patrols – usually involving two men on duty for two hours, before and after which they slept – soon became monotonous, but was varied by occasional thrills..

But it is hard to imagine anyone could read this book without getting an occasional, vertiginous thrill.

Of course, there will be the thrill of occasional detentions and the embarrassment of realising that your parents are fully aware that your stomach bug is, in fact, a hangover, but the sneaking and hiding and longing are all part of the rebellion itself.

As a longtime resident and an occasional duffer, John Coumadis is thrilled to have the United States Open come to Bethpage State Park.

Then there's Wilson's practice of stress inoculation, which comes not via the occasional beer but through thrill-seeking behavior.