Sentence examples for then thrilled from inspiring English sources

The road hiked inland for a while and reconnected with the sea at Bandon, a town that had memories for me: we stayed in a beach cottage here in 1994, and I could see Julia, a tiny figure in forsythia-yellow rain gear, with gumboots and sou'wester to match, being first appalled then thrilled by the ocean as she faced the growling surf after a big storm.

Winger Thomas then thrilled the home crowd with a stunning run through five tackles to score in the corner and stretch France's advantage to 17-6.

When the Soviet Union dissolved, Washington was stunned -- the collapse was unexpected despite all the signs that something monumental was afoot -- and then thrilled.

I could sense the growing relief and awe of each Globoforce employee, initially unsure if they'd truly been on to something and then thrilled that their instincts to create WorkHuman had been spot on.

Then thrilling.

Then they're so thrilled to do it.

There are still bits where he is hovering in dreadful suspense, and then thrill rides, where there is no knowing where the downbeat is.

So he is astonished and then profoundly thrilled to be called up one day by the eccentric and sinister DuPont and invited to live and train at Foxcatcher, and become, with him, a founding father of American wrestling greatness.

Margaret Johnson, a North Carolina woman traveling in Florence with her retarded daughter, Clara, is at first stymied, then secretly thrilled when the pretty, childlike girl captures the attention of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a young Italian, and the two fall in love.

Taking the first step takes the pressure off many travelers who will then be thrilled to have company.

Fans of the 1995 coming-of-age movie "Now and Then" were thrilled to hear that I. Marlene King, who wrote the original film and co-created "Pretty Little Liars," is developing a TV adaptation for ABC Family.