Collocations for "excite"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "excite" in context.
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excite
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- excite the [fans, kids, readers, viewers, students, nation]
- excited them by [saying, doing, making, promising]
- the [thought, idea, mention, prospect] of it excited them
- was excited by the [thought] of (it)
- the new [book, film, documentary, revelations, findings] excited interest in
- [attempted, tried, failed] to excite
- excited him [enormously, constantly]
- excited him by [undressing, kissing, insinuating]
- excite him [in bed, sexually]
- [barely, hardly, really] excited the [fans]
- excites [jealousy, hatred, fundamentalism]
- excite [a nerve, an impulse, your taste buds]
- excite the [particles, molecules]