1. I felt a frisson of excitement when I realized my husband was throwing me a surprise party.
2. As Amber walked to the podium to make her speech, a frisson of nervousness swept over her.
3. The little girl experienced a frisson of delight each time she unwrapped one of her birthday gifts.

How do you use frisson in a sentence?

1. And yet whenever I see the Festival program for the first time I get the same frisson of excitement and anticipation. …
2. Our job is to create that frisson of excitement that made IMHX 2004 so great. …
3. Mr Jones felt a frisson of fear descend his spine.

What does frisson mean?

Definition of frisson : a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thrill produce a genuine frisson of disquiet— Patricia Craig a frisson of surprise a frisson of delight.