Example sentences for: frisson

How can you use “frisson” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (That Richard bears an uncanny resemblance to Anne Heche adds to the frisson .) Zoe doubles as a spokeswoman for the director's aesthetics: American films, she complains, "have too much decoration, too much money"; French films are increasingly impersonal and apolitical.

  • She might enjoy the moral frisson . To be less unkind, she might well be truly morally enriched by the experience.

  • No doubt the frisson of history was a plus in Taylor's calculations, but only the call of duty--however unwelcome and however misheard--can really explain why he would even consider giving up what he had for what Starr was offering.

  • The frisson of blasphemy has resulted in an overflowing house.

  • Imagine my frisson when, after only a few pages into Chapter 1, I came upon this exchange between characters:


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