Frisson
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A
frisson
of excitement went around the room.
More example sentences with word frisson
All entertainment contains a little
frisson
of danger, something that might happen wrong, and yet we like it when there's protection.
And alchemy is the key word here, because the erotic
frisson
is such that the kiss that you only imagine giving, can be as powerful and as enchanting as hours of actual lovemaking.
There's likewise a
frisson
of cultural clash between high status and lower status French youth, plus a societal conflict involving native Frenchmen and Arab immigrants from North Africa.
The atmospherics and the romantic byplay are by far the best part of the movie, as viewers are likely to find the resolution a bit of a letdown -- there's just not that much to it (except a little
frisson
at the tail end that anticipates Brian De Palma's filmic codas).
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