How to Use thrilled in a Sentence

thrilled

adjective
  • Swifties were not too thrilled.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With that said, there are a few things that didn’t leave me too thrilled.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
  • Show the Slack message from a thrilled client.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The athletes seem pretty thrilled to face off on the track in this new event.
    — Taylor Dutch, SELF, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Everyone seemed thrilled to be there.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Everyone seemed thrilled to be there.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Diaz is thrilled about the evocative new spot right in the heart of the action.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no doubt in my mind the Jets are thrilled to have agreed to terms with Toews.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • Clemons had the thrilled audience on the verge of erupting out of their seats.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Clearly thrilled, Rae gasps, then smiles wide for a selfie with them.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Davila says in the video, sounding thrilled and overwhelmed all at once.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • So the city's not real thrilled with it, but this is all governed at the state level.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The mother of the victim was thrilled that the public could keep their eye on the case again.
    — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 July 2025
  • One of the central figures in Fleury’s life for more than two decades is thrilled, too.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Minsky wasn’t thrilled to have to spend a week of work on a $2,750 rental.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Thulin was thrilled to be there to provide the power Friday night.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
  • New partnerships are not the only ones that Nascar is thrilled about.
    — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • Both fashion moguls were thrilled to share the news on Instagram.
    — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The house of Dior is thrilled to have Rihanna join its ranks, of course.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 June 2024
  • Newgarden was thrilled to have the win and put the push-to-pass scandal behind him.
    — CBS News, 26 May 2024
  • The only thing certain was the somber Lakers didn’t look thrilled.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Some of the other women in the group are not thrilled with the idea of the unwanted plus one.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Celtics were thrilled to welcome back the 7-foot-3 center.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The Frost were thrilled to be able to deliver the championship on home ice.
    — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 27 May 2025
  • If the Browns take Carter, the Giants would be thrilled to land Hunter.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Arthur is not so thrilled about Edward’s sleepover with Ellen, either.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Banks, predictably, were not so thrilled, raising alarms over security risks.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The Chicago Cubs are thrilled about the return of free agent Cody Bellinger.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Which is something that our Miamians sometimes are not too thrilled about, to be honest.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Zookeepers were thrilled to see Dunia give birth to the healthy cubs, but the 8-year-old mother shocked zookeepers that night.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024

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