suspenseful
Example Sentences
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Suspenseful as any thriller, the film grips right up to its perfect final shot: a slow crawl toward an advertisement showing a woman whose carefree laughter, when the camera stops, more closely resembles a scream.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
It was a heightened, theatrical moment: Suspenseful details were leaked in advance about how Pelosi went home with two different speeches the night before, her decision not quite final.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2022
Suspenseful and gripping, despairing and deeply human, the movie first screened at the Venice and Toronto film festivals last fall, though its virtual release this week feels particularly well timed.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2020
Suspenseful music played, and the cast ran Kong’s first entrance, on Skull Island at night.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018
Suspenseful, provocative, often terrifying yet compassionate, it pushes a variety of hot buttons — child homelessness, mental illness, nuclear energy — all while creating one of the most memorable teenage protagonists in recent fiction.
From Washington Post
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