Word: thrillingly
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...sure, there are computers. But apart from its being terminally onanistic, there is no thrill in beating a machine. You can't feel its pain when it loses. Or to put it slightly less misanthropically, you miss the shared astonishment and delight at a brilliant combination or desperate last-second checkmate. If a king falls in the forest and there is no one there to see it (except you and some stone-dead chess algorithm), did it ever happen? You might as well make a hole-in-one playing alone...
...reading fast is the best way to get past such locutions as "Her breath came in pants" or this anatomically puzzling account of Tory and Cade together in bed for the first time: "His mouth all but savaged hers, ripping down to her gut with one jagged and panicked thrill...
Remember the childhood thrill of twirling in circles until the world spun wildly and you couldn't stand on your feet? That's how many of my former patients described their disorienting bouts with dizziness--especially the elderly ones. As many as 38% of older Americans struggle to keep their world stationary, trying to avoid dangerous falls and potentially life-threatening injuries. Dizziness is so common among seniors that patients and their doctors tend to write it off as an inevitable consequence of aging...
...said he was troubled by the increase in deterministic theories, such as the recent studies suggesting the existence of genes for thrill-seeking and homosexuality, among other behaviors...
There are more differences between today's online chat rooms and the parlors used for courting in the 19th century than your article "The Love Machines" admits [LIFESTYLES, Feb. 14]. Today it is relatively easy to find love online, and the sheer quantity of prospects would absolutely thrill the 19th century suitor. But will the cybermarriages last just because both parties like country music? Human compatibility is more complex. In the 19th century, a suitor had to earn his way into a parlor by showing he was worthy. There had to be evidence of success and proper living. You couldn...