"touch of excitement" is an idiom that is common in both spoken and written English.
It usually means a feeling of enthusiasm, anticipation, or joy. For example, "Megan looked forward to her vacation with a touch of excitement."
A touch of excitement, danger even.
The false alarm added a touch of excitement to the fifth day of a space shuttle mission.
"Bond is really a character that a lot of men relate to," he said, adding that the stylish secret agent added a touch of excitement to the brand.
"Have any of you ever read 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,' by John le Carré?" the mayor, a touch of excitement in his voice, asked a classroom of wide-eyed 11th graders.
In the two decades of their marriage, they had gone together to a lot of parties, and always with a touch of excitement, a little hope, a little expectation of something lucky happening.
She turned to me and said, "This is the most wonderful gift that you — " "We're not done yet," I said, with a touch of excitement in my voice, and led her through the kitchen door and down the four wooden steps into the back yard.
As a purely financial investment, with a touch of added excitement from the commodity in question, this could really make sense.
The feeling of excitement still lingers.
At the otherwise subdued Bridge Cafe in Westport, vibrant paintings by Valentino Cortiazar supply a touch of theatricality and excitement to the room.
We touch the feelings underneath of excitement, passion, and wonder, and also our inadequacies, unfulfilled wishes and the thought of losses ahead.
It was at this point that the suspected Molotov cocktail was sighted, touching off a frisson of excitement among officers for blocks around.
