Mr. Quinn's tales of strangely exhilarating woe are told in prose that sings and crackles.

Carleton Montgomery, the executive director of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, a Southampton-based watchdog group, said he took several walks through burned areas and found it strangely exhilarating.

It is strangely exhilarating to be alone at work, to go about without her burdens in the open air; as unimaginable as stepping outside in the dress without the shadow weight of an Eye behind her.

After so many visits to Baghdad, the mass surrender was strangely exhilarating.

Claiming that Pevara had a beard or that the streets of Tar Valon were paved with cheese had been strangely exhilarating for a time-even Pevara had giggled-but hardly worth the discomfort now.

It was a strangely exhilarating day for Glavine, who called his decision to leave the Atlanta Braves after 16 years to become a Met an "emotional time."

The sensation of bipedal instability was strangely exhilarating.

He described it as "a strangely exhilarating experience, like being under fire".

Standing upright while travelling upside down was strangely exhilarating.

He found the extra effort strangely exhilarating; also, it kept him warm and was something he could concentrate on.