How to Use suspense in a Sentence
suspense
noun
- The movie is a suspense thriller.
- I can't bear the suspense.
- The suspense builds as the story progresses.
- Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense.
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Having the same handful of shows win again and again and again and again sucks all the suspense out of the evening(*).
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2024
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And the buildup to the creation of the first atomic bomb just about ticks with cosmic suspense.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 July 2023
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One of the all-time great suspense films with a pay-off like no other.
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Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com,
al,
28 Aug. 2022
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The films are based on the 1973 young-adult suspense novel by Lois Duncan.
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Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Feb. 2023
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Much of the film’s suspense comes from the sheer pleasure of discovery.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2023
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But this approach is at odds with the false suspense the rest of the show attempts to concoct.
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Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2024
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To break the suspense: Eliade was an anti-Semite and a full member of the Iron Guard.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
15 Nov. 2023
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Trump and his people are all too happy to build the suspense.
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David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2024
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Bills that remain in the committee’s suspense file are dead for the year.
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Laurel Rosenhall,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Aug. 2023
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sure do know how to build suspense.
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Louisa Ballhaus,
Robb Report,
5 Apr. 2023
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The race was still too close to call, meaning the suspense will continue.
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Katie Wadington,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2022
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Many begged for spoilers, saying that the suspense was killing them.
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Amanda Taub,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2023
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After a moment of suspense, the door fell shut, and Raff relaxed.
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Jonathan Franzen,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
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There’s also a bit of suspense as people wonder who will light the Olympic torch.
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
26 July 2024
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Do the opposite of what Donald Trump's going to do, which is to keep us all in suspense till the last minute.
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NBC News,
3 July 2022
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Though violence seems inevitable, the question of whether the crops will survive the first frost is a source of equal suspense.
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Alex Barasch,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2024
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That only served to build the suspense in extra innings.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2024
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The murder mystery was full of suspense with a bit of comedy.
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Arkansas Online,
4 Dec. 2022
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The Atkins legislation, known as Senate Bill 519, was sent to what’s called the suspense file last month.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Sep. 2023
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Just being incognito, the suspense, that's a whole 'nother thing.
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Dana Rose Falcone,
Peoplemag,
10 Nov. 2022
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If no response is received within 30 days, the voter is placed on the suspense list.
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Dallas News,
31 Mar. 2023
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Many categories feel like a lock, but there still is an air of suspense about a couple of the top contests.
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Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
8 Mar. 2024
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And its greatest source of suspense is how much the guests, who rotate every few episodes, will tip at the end of each charter.
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Meredith Blakestaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2022
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Heather unlocks and opens the door, and the video flashes and ends, an editing decision to build suspense about who was there.
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Scott D. Pierce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
14 Dec. 2022
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Fear, suspense, terror — those aren’t really on the menu at one of these installments.
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Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2024
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After much suspense, America voted to send Phaedra and Val home.
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Esther Kang,
People.com,
23 Oct. 2024
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