The affair may seem exciting, but that excitement is an emotional response.
At this time of seeming political excitement and volatility, politics may never have been less relevant or useful.
William's mood, and Anders's, too, which initially seemed like excitement, had surpassed excitement, and even gleeful jitteriness, to become real fear.
Roberts has watched the women's Final Four grow in recognition, from 1996, when there seemed no excitement in Charlotte, N.C., except inside the arena, to yesterday in Philadelphia, when "wherever I went, I've been hit up for tickets, by men and women.
In even just the last few weeks, it seems the excitement and momentum around the insurance tech sector has continued to accelerate.
The many months of planning, of disassembling and reassembling, of testing and retesting, had wound down to this scene: Alexander Krukis focusing on his BlackBerry, his nervousness and excitement seeming to increase with each passing minute.
Further examples can be found in the now rather hasty-seeming excitement around the cluster of hotshot American directors (Spike Jonze, David O Russell, Andersons Wes and Paul Thomas), who emerged at the end of the 90s and whose fortunes have varied wildly since.
At his best, LaBute generates excitement by seeming to throw a gauntlet directly into the stalls.
Like the current crop, he is hard-pressed to seem neither slick nor awkward, to suggest gravitas without coming off as pompous, to perform excitement without seeming like a nut.
All the excitement seemed to captivate fans.
But any excitement seems muted.
