EXCITABLE in a Sentence

Learn EXCITABLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
274 example sentences for EXCITABLE, such as:
1. The very mention of his name excited her.
2. You're an excitable bloody man, do you know.
3. The workers were excited when oil welled up.
4. It especially excited their inquisitiveness.
5. Don't lose your reason however excited you are.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EXCITABLE
excitable
 a.  capable of responding to stimuli
 a.  easily excited
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Wildeve was a nervous and excitable man, and the game was beginning to tell upon his temper.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current
2  Mr. Soames was a tall, spare man, of a nervous and excitable temperament.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
3  He shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth his story.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
4  Fournaye, who is of Creole origin, is of an extremely excitable nature, and has suffered in the past from attacks of jealousy which have amounted to frenzy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
5  For a long time past the ardent young Tientietnikov's excitable heart had also beat at the thought that one day he might attain the senior class described.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
6  And Kostanzhoglo, his face dark with the rage that was seething in his excitable soul, left Chichikov, and caught up the owner of the establishment.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
7  An Italian is self-assured because he is excitable and easily forgets himself and other people.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER X
8  You're an excitable bloody man, do you know.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  Lucy is more excitable than ever, but is otherwise well.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  Danglars looked towards Fernand, whose excitable nature received and betrayed each fresh impression.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
11  No one remained now but the excitable Jew, who had already raised the skirts of Mr. Jaggers's coat to his lips several times.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XX
12  He folded his arms and glared at me with his excitable, slanting brown eyes.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
13  Why, I'll bet you Ma is still so excited about the new horse that she'll never even realize we're home again till she sits down to supper tonight and sees Boyd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  Then there was an excited babble of negro voices in the darkness of the yard and high-pitched negro laughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Mary sat beside Elaine, who today seemed excitable.
2  His views have excited a lively controversy among fellow scientists.
3  He was getting excited just thinking about the trip.
4  Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
5  He was so excited he could hardly contain himself.
6  There was a hubbub of excited conversation from over a thousand people.
7  It especially excited their inquisitiveness.
8  Don't lose your reason however excited you are.
9  The very mention of his name excited her.
10  The workers were excited when oil welled up.
11  I'm very excited about the possibility of playing for England's first team.
12  The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign.
13  He couldn't get to sleep because he was too excited.
14  As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.
15  Miss Temple had always something of serenity in her air, of state in her mien, of refined propriety in her language, which precluded deviation into the ardent, the excited, and the eager.