How to Use thriller in a Sentence

thriller

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  • His latest novel is a political thriller.
  • The two first met on the set of the 2021 crime thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The crime thriller features The Shield star Michael Chiklis.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The Syndicate is pitching the new thriller Turn Up the Sun!
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But like on a long-running thriller, each new twist had to top the last.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The sci-fi thriller series is based on the Blake Crouch novel of the same name.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Paramount+’s spy thriller The Agency has found its lead spy.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
  • Still, the Bengals need a win to follow up last week’s thriller over the Chiefs.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The new movie feels too simple for him, a thriller with only vengeance on its brain.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The thriller series is based on the best selling novel by Stephen L. Carter.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Kravitz directed Tatum in the new thriller Blink Twice.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
  • When that got far enough along and after the film was released in May, the team refocused on the heist thriller.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The series is great for those who enjoy a thriller but don’t want to too dark a read – a perfect way to kick off the fall!
    — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • With Gadot’s Rachel as a superspy out to save the world, the movie is a degraded descendant of the Bond thrillers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In one way or another are crime thrillers, the most exportable of film genres.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The first season of the show was a tense espionage thriller that followed Andor through a high-stakes heist and a prison break.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The duo are co-founders of The Creepy Book Club, a group dedicated to reading and discussing all the best new thriller books each month.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The Queen City has been chosen to be the set for a sultry suspense thriller cable series from Starz this spring.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Scroll through the first-look photos below, then hit the comments with your thoughts on the forthcoming thriller!
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Get your blood pumping with a monthly box of two books in the horror, mystery, or thriller genres, or a mix of the three.
    — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Aldis Hodge stars as Alex Cross in the crime thriller — which already has been renewed for a season 2.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
  • But the thriller’s dire box-office receipts will likely drive a stake in any sequel hopes.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • He’s starred in thrillers, heartwarming films, comedies and sci-fi.
    — Karlee Van De Venter, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Sources say the project is tonally similar to The Town, the crime thriller directed by Ben Affleck.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Yes, that Stephen Sondheim; yes, that 2015 thriller about the world of Mexican drug cartels.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
  • Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced costar in the action thriller.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Allen’s Coup de Chance is a fun (if forgettable) little thriller, so sure.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • What’s arguably the wildest conspiracy thriller of the Me Decade, however, dropped right at the very tail end of it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.
    — Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Abbot’s big break came in the Netflix show Echoes, a psychological thriller starring Michelle Monaghan.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2024

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