suspense

Example Sentences

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Silly but not sappy, “Project Hail Mary” doesn’t gin up much suspense over whether anything bad will happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

While suspense about best picture doesn't happen every year, what is truly unusual this time is the amount of uncertainty surrounding the acting prizes.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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

Then there was the even more important consideration that Delbriick hated any form of secrecy in scientific matters and did not want to keep Pauling in suspense any longer.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson