How to Use thrill ride in a Sentence

thrill ride

noun
  • This one looks like a thrill ride.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That thrill ride of a car chase through London.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • The thrill ride couldn’t have ended any better.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Is the food the same brain-jangling thrill ride as the original?
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Once their thrill ride is over, Joan and Chock stop for a sunset picnic.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The kiosk is on the left as Tron ride passengers approach the ramp to the thrill ride.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • There are a few startling moments, but more than anything, this thrill ride is stunning.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Fun for all ages, this thrill ride reaches up to 27 mph at the control of the rider.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
  • The Perfect Gamble is a thrill ride about the gamble of life and death.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Perfect for spice lovers or anyone who likes their drinks with a little edge, this can feel like a mini thrill ride.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In contrast, teens, tweens, and the young at heart can tackle every thrill ride imaginable.
    — Ronny Maye, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This is closer to a grandly efficient greatest-hits thrill ride, packaged like a video game.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The two lawsuits came after the thrill ride malfunctioned on the park's first day of opening for the summer.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The best advice is not to overthink — or even just not to think of — the show and instead just hang on for the visceral thrill ride.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Nearby, other riders enjoyed the thrill ride, unaware of what was going on.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Yes, the luxury car of yore is the star of the show, which is more amusement park thrill ride than musical, start to finish.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Spanning 7,045 yards from the tips, this is a fun and fair thrill ride right from your opening downhill tee shot.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The cars broke off the swing-like pendulum ride, according to Jam Press Vid. Video shows the thrill ride appearing to become unstable with a loud horn going off.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Rahm is a more tame thrill ride who should be licking his chops at a venue like this, but could succumb to the conditions and never recover.
    — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • At 113 feet tall, the one-time tallest coaster in the world seems almost sedate by today’s thrill ride standards.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • This time around, the teams came close to delivering that kind of thrill ride, with another finish that neither side will soon forget.
    — Scott Miller, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Adrenaline junkies can hop on King XXL, a new thrill ride that’s the only one of its kind on the west coast.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 11 July 2024
  • This cinematic thrill ride tells the story of a daring rescue that captivated the world.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
  • Set in rural Ireland, this ghoulish haunted house horror is a dread-inducing thrill ride from start to finish.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 July 2024
  • Inspired by the blockbuster film franchise, the thrill ride seats guests in flashy hot rods that mimic real drifting motions at up to 72 mph.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Thirty years later, Sly summits the mountain yet again for another high-altitude thrill ride.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 May 2023
  • With its kinetic performances and genre-pushing structure, Novi’s 75-minute thrill ride lands like a high-stakes fever dream.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The original, though, remains a perfect thrill ride of a disaster movie, in which a group of wide-eyed people poke nature with a stick and suffer for their hubris.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And this year, with its Pleasure Park theme, ticket-holders are in for a thrill ride in a Broadway fantasy land.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 4 May 2023
  • Local thrill ride enthusiasts can look forward to a new roller coaster at Great America next year.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024

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