How to Use excitement in a Sentence

excitement

noun
  • The child cried out in excitement.
  • She talked about the excitements of her new life.
  • Our excitement was building as the end of the game approached.
  • His hands shook with excitement.
  • This job loses its excitement after a while.
  • Rock throws his hands in the air in excitement.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026
  • My heart is filled with so much excitement to see her fly!
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The excitement is through the roof for this group.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The nerves were there, but so was the excitement.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, the excitement is revving up off the track, too.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Just the excitement of the brain tease.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There will be excitement around this team.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Leah pokes her head out around his legs, her eyes wild with excitement.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Right off the bat, the nerves and excitement amongst the guests are clear.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There's the excitement of it, of course.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • So there’s a lot of nerves, excitement and stress, all that stuff.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2022
  • But then, equal amount of excitement.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • There was a lot of excitement around the release of this movie.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But that excitement may just be equally matched by the cast and crew.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
  • But his excitement matched mine.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • My pride and excitement was dulled by this nagging sense of guilt.
    — Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Blue sky and sun bore down on the crowd as the excitement began to build.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • From the first reading, the excitement was just off the charts.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The crowds roared with excitement.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
  • Reddit users were quick to flood the post with excitement and jokes.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Those sparks of excitement are clues to where your passions lie.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There could be no greater way to raise awareness and excitement, folks!
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And there's a freedom to that, an excitement to that.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The slow grin of excitement that spreads across Joyce’s face says it all.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The laughs, the love, the support, the joy and the excitement.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025

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