hang in suspense
Example Sentences
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Our next business was to hang in suspense our hopes, and await the welcome sight of land ahead.
From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton
If he will take this for a proof let him, if not, let him hang in suspense with himself.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
For the time all nature seemed to hang in suspense, waiting, watching.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
We did even more inculcate what speed and celerity the thing required, and what danger it was to the realm to have this matter hang in suspense.
From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by James Anthony Froude
Ashman's heart seemed to stop beating and life itself hang in suspense, when he recognized the very being that had taken such full possession of his thoughts.
From The Land of Mystery by Edward Sylvester Ellis
