suspense

Example Sentences

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A ball in the gap creates instant suspense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said the play-offs have become a "highlight of the domestic football calendar, capturing the drama, suspense and jeopardy that make the EFL so special".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Is it why markets are rocking, why oil shipments are cut back from the Strait of Hormuz, why the world hangs on tenterhooks of suspense over what happens next?

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

It hops from tone to tone, and goes on a little long, in the modern manner, which dilutes the suspense.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Sometimes they feel it would spoil the suspense.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker