Literary notes about Excited (AI summary)
The term "excited" wears many hats in literature, often serving as a marker of both physical and emotional arousal across diverse contexts. In some narratives, it amplifies the sense of erotic tension or desire, as seen in passages where characters are driven to passionate acts or sensations [1, 2]. In other works, it denotes a state of heightened curiosity or intellectual stimulation, where ideas and emotions are set aflame—prompting everything from subtle glimmers of interest to overwhelming enthusiasm [3, 4, 5]. At times, authors use the word to underscore political or social unrest, describing roused and spirited crowds or individuals responding dramatically to momentous events [6, 7, 8]. Thus, "excited" evolves into a versatile descriptor that captures the spectrum of human response, be it a quiet internal spark or a roaring external fervor [9, 10, 11].
- I allowed her to become still more excited, and then gently pushing forward found I was slowly, and almost imperceptibly, gaining ground.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous - Then passing an arm round her body, I used my fingers on her excited and stiffly projecting clitoris.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous - " His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang - I had become most unaccountably interested—nay, even excited.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - In contrast to Sassaroli's repulsive figure, Weber's really refined, delicate, and intellectual appearance excited my ecstatic admiration.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner - A majority of the Assembly, however, afraid of their excited and indignant constituents, finally passed the bill.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The Palais Royal teemed with excited Frenchmen on the fateful Sunday of July 12, 1789.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - The judiciary article excited less debate but more feeling.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Those Russians have always the imagination easily excited.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous - She was violently excited and tried to sit up.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Even Albert, generally so tranquil, had quite lost his composure; and I was excited beyond expression.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe