We had some 'excitement' this morning. [=something exciting happened this morning]
Our 'excitement' was building/growing/mounting as the end of the game approached.
She talked about the 'excitements' of her new life.
(..) Tell her straight. I'm , and I'm single and a schoolteacher, and that's the bottom of the pit. And the only excitement I've known is here with me now. So I'll go with you, and I won't whine, and I'll sew (..)1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid