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Meanings of in suspense in English

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Usage of in suspense in English
1
MSF wants the reorganisation held in suspense until all problems are resolved.
The Irish Times
2
Everybody was in suspense, in expectation of what the Naua might say.
The Delight Makers
3
The inexorable one at the desk did not keep him in suspense.
The Quickening
4
The whole forest seemed to be on the alert-astirand in suspense.
The Sowers
5
Anyone in suspense over the outcome probably never has seen a movie.
Reuters
6
My friend of the mask did not leave me long in suspense.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
7
But the other simply could not wait a minute longer in suspense.
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
8
The convent girl looked up in suspense at her hero for reply.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
9
The hearts of all three beat hot in suspense, driven to thought.
The Prussian Officer
10
But I would not keep the old man any longer in suspense.
The Dew of Their Youth
11
It is better that he should know than be kept in suspense.
The Hand in the Dark
12
Dark trees brushed between it and her, while she waited in suspense.
The Trespasser
13
Day after day passed by, and still I was kept in suspense.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
14
The girl's mechanically moving hand stopped, and held the comb in suspense.
The Law and the Lady
15
He felt that he could not remain in suspense an instant longer.
Two Boys and a Fortune; Or, The Tyler Will
16
He did not wish him to be in suspense for one reason.
Wives and Daughters