He approached his own duty with mingled excitement and caution; he had tried this exactly once, only to be met with a faceful of a feminine hygiene product that smelled like the flowers in his father's church on Sunday-an off-putting idea if ever there was one.

He stood for one more moment, heart racing, ears flat with mingled excitement and fear, then decided.

The host conducted the pair to a room above, leaving the company in a state of mingled excitement and derision, to await the result of this odd experiment.

Slowly, savoring the texture of her skin, he stroked upward and around to her buttocks; she had moved a little, rubbing herself against his hand, and mingled excitement and delight had roared through him.

Roger felt a stab of mingled excitement and apprehension.

Chapter Nine ILEEN MAISEL WATCHED with mingled excitement and horror as the planet grew and grew in her viewscreen.

She shivered with mingled cold, excitement, and fear.

They were too far distant to make out as individuals, but they gave off en masse the same aura of mingled excitement and greed that had repelled her before--if anything it was even stronger here than on the Promenade.

They all looked at me expectantly, with that lifer expression of mingled excitement and awe.

Seeing Jamie load and prime his own gun, Roger had done likewise, feeling mingled excitement and misgiving at the acrid scent of powder.