After the initial thrill of seeing and talking to someone on a computer screen goes away, it helps if the kids can share a sense of purpose.

As their initial thrill at liberty and their chants of "U.S.A.!"

Once the initial thrill of the chase abated, the hunt became dull for Herald.

As usual it seems that once the initial heady thrill of an invention becomes history, the manufacturers, the committees and the salesmen take over.

His initial thrill at becoming whole again was quickly smothered by the echoes of pain and suffering that accompanied the return.

And the initial thrill of watching the atomic fires was worth the depression that followed.

Another said that the initial thrill of local people with the stars and the technicians and the vehicles wore off.

The younger generation is entitled to its new playwrights and new masterworks and that initial thrill of seeing a great new play in a Broadway theater.

There was the initial thrill of adventure, traipsing around corners, finding dead ends, pushing through a set of black plastic streamers.

In fact, it's more like getting a good shot at a deer and then, after the initial thrill, having the opportunity to release the deer unharmed.