How to Use in suspense in a Sentence

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Definition of in suspensenext
  • There’s a question that now has me in suspense more than most of the Marvel-movie teasers do.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The show picks up in the summer, leaving viewers in suspense in the meantime.
    — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Do the opposite of what Donald Trump's going to do, which is to keep us all in suspense till the last minute.
    — NBC News, 3 July 2022
  • There are strange and startling twists of plot keeping the audience in suspense.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • The madcap plot will keep readers in suspense until the final page.
    — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Writer Lemire is very deft in keeping the audience in suspense as to what is real and what isn’t.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The episodes were recorded last spring, so only the viewers will be in suspense on who the ultimate victor is.
    — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Ari Lennox has been keeping fans in suspense for a little over a year now, but the wait for new music from the R&B singer is finally over.
    — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The screenplay is by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, who do their best to leave the criminality in suspense.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
  • In the ensuing months, Jane and the rest of the nation waited in suspense for news of a battle between British and American troops.
    — Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
  • So did Woll's friends, who had looked on in suspense as the jury prepared to announce its decision.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024
  • The chord changes leave the listener in suspense and yearning, the aural equivalent of Lorde hanging out of her car in the song’s music video.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But director Chloé Zhao isn't keeping us in suspense much longer.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Even with the massive hint of her Kimmel appearance, the final episode still kept viewers in suspense.
    — EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no need to leave yourself in suspense: Early Prime Day deals are rolling in already, so beat the postal chaos by doing your shopping right now.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 9 July 2024
  • In Mitre’s capable hands, the outcome of the trial, while never in doubt, is nonetheless wreathed in suspense.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The first movie in particular manages to keep you in suspense despite having a cast of just two actors.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 Jan. 2022
  • That’s because Elon Musk has kept consumers in suspense until the final moment.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The prologue is a masterclass in suspense and raw horror, including a full-on attack in broad daylight.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • This means that until today, Office fans have lived in suspense for 13 years while trying to figure out one of the show's biggest mysteries.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 7 May 2021
  • For the time being, San Francisco residents are in suspense.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Aside from those moments, there was more tension and drama on the Ticketmaster site, where Beyoncé fans dangled in suspense on the Renaissance tour waitlist.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
  • It's also structured like a thriller, opening with a long, stunning shot of Zecchini sinking into the abyss and leaving you in suspense about her fate until much later in the runtime.
    — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
  • Are Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively deliberately keeping fans in suspense for their own amusement?
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Among his solutions is a plot device that’s all the rage lately in suspense dramas: using the online chat function in a video game to communicate with someone when phones and other devices aren’t an option.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • With the prospect of the House majority on the line, the entire nation may be kept in suspense because of California’s notoriously plodding count — a scenario few expected in the lead-up to election day.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • As an experience in suspense, however, the film is effective.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For someone who relishes theatrics, Trump may enjoy keeping everyone in suspense.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • The streaming service apparently just wanted to keep everyone in suspense before dropping the announcement.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • We weren’t left in suspense for long, as the stage quickly filled up with unfamiliar faces and Costello himself returned, sporting a bright red fedora with matching bow tie (undone) and pocket square, to introduce his collaborators.
    — Connor Ratliff, SPIN, 14 Feb. 2023

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