suspense
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Monty Norman's surf guitar riff and John Barry's sweeping orchestral scores spawned an entire genre of spy music – full of minor key suspense and piercing stabs of trumpet.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Narratively and logistically, Daniel’s whistleblowing escape limps along with a lack of suspense.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Mr. Spielberg keeps up a certain suspense via a shopworn device: withholding information known to the characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
They are announced one by one, starting from the bottom of the scoreboard -- thereby stretching out the suspense until the very end.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
There was the suspense I felt when I heard the taut, sharp song of a yellow-black bee hovering nervously but patiently above a white rose.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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