suspense
noun
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Examples of suspense in a Sentence
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The principle of Oku imbues that outer-to-inner movement with a feeling of ritual suspense.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Instead, this film has the garish lighting, cloying score, and nonsensical plot of a soap opera, without any of the suspense.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Director: Imtiaz Ali Music: A. R. Rahman Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Parineeti Chopra
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Release Date: TBC
Logline: The film is set to take viewers on a thrilling and unpredictable roller coaster ride, with the perfect puree of suspense, emotion and drama like never before.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The film also offers some edge-of-the-seat suspense, a fleeting romantic angle; and a heavy dose of emotions that do not start and end with patriotism alone.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Spanning three seasons, Happy Valley incorporates similar suspense, darkness and small-town setting as Night Country.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
This was, at the time, a symbolic gesture, which the film injects with a little too much suspense.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
The stories are notably in color, which is where Bava truly thrives as an artist, and there are scenes of supernatural suspense that are truly breathtaking (in multiple senses of the word).
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from suspendre
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing suspense
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