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Meanings of suspense in English
Usage of suspense in English
1
MSF wants the reorganisation held in suspense until all problems are resolved.
2
Still in undefined suspense, in intense anxiety, she lingered in the room.
3
The falter in the words spoke to the tenseness of his suspense.
4
The suspense is superb.... Barron brings historical mysteries to a new level.
5
SH: You talked earlier about a period where you made suspense movies.
6
Whatever suspense existed at the beginning of the second half evaporated quickly.
7
The courtiers suffered because of the suffering the suspense occasioned the Emperor.
8
Everybody was in suspense, in expectation of what the Naua might say.
9
Foster admittedly does a pretty good job of ratcheting up the suspense.
10
The period of suspense seemed to last for a very long time.
11
The inexorable one at the desk did not keep him in suspense.
12
The whole forest seemed to be on the alert-astirand in suspense.
13
It was a year that served up stories of shock and suspense.
14
The utmost of their calamity would be better than the intolerable suspense.
15
Anyone in suspense over the outcome probably never has seen a movie.
16
He spent the next eight days in a cruel and heart-breaking suspense.
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Suspense through the time
Suspense across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common