heart-stopping

Example Sentences

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It was a heart-stopping moment for the couple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Thousands flocked to the city of Weimar for a recent festival that celebrated the linguistic tradition with workshops, cabaret performances and even heart-stopping circus acrobatics.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

In its heart-stopping intimacy — courtesy of helmet-cams, drones and the foxhole connection between citizen soldier and countryman journalist — “2000 Meters to Andriivka” is a war chronicle like no other.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

In a heart-stopping moment late on, Rice played a gorgeous pass into Dessers, who was on-on-one with Altay Bayindir in the United goal.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

All I can really remember is the wild heart-stopping scare I knew as I tumbled, head over heels, down among those killer hogs.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson