Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.
thrill (v.), thrilled (adj.)
The verb thrill is both transitive, as in The news thrilled us, and intransitive, when it combines with the prepositions at or to: We thrilled at the news. I thrilled to the sound of the band. The participial adjective combines with by, at, and with, as in We were thrilled by [at, with] his announcement, and with to plus an infinitive, as in She was thrilled to learn that she had won.
