How to use suspense in a sentence

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• Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.From the entry chapter
• Even the lightest-hearted of the nominees bears the shadow of suspense.2020 January 31, Michael Ordoña, “Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: Tragedies, near-tragedies and soccer-loving kids”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry light-hearted
• The experience of “eventness” has to do with the element of suspense.2016, Richard Beach, Deborah Appleman, Bob Fecho, Teaching Literature to Adolescents, page 209. From the entry eventness
• This film is a romance, suspense and thriller all rolled into one.2013 February 19, “Film Review – Safe Haven”, in 4 Manchester Women. From the entry thrillmance
• Jump-scares, suspense, and sudden violence are all a major part of the horror genre.2012, Xander Bennett, Screenwriting Tips, You Hack: 150 Practical Pointers for Becoming a Better Screenwriter, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry jump-scare
• Consider swapping suspense stories for easy reading or cliterature if you are in the mood!2011, Mahayana Isabelle Dugast, “7: The Gift of Sleep”, in Anti-Aging Secrets, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry cliterature
• The brief segments trying to generate thriller-type suspense are disposably perfunctory.2008, Jon L. Breen, A Shot Rang Out: Selected Mystery Criticism, page 274. From the entry disposably
• Maybe it doesn’t need action at all, but suspense and mood.2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry actionfest
• She had an ink spot on her nose, the result of working on her novel of suspense.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing. From the entry beezer
• Bellby, in silent reaction after the hour and a half's suspense on the tenterhooks of publicity.1920, John Galsworthy, “Dartie versus Dartie”, in In Chancery (The Forsyte Saga; 2), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part II, page 187. From the entry on tenterhooks
• There was also true courtroom suspense — a Perry Mason moment that could have cost me the whole trial.2007, Eric Dubin, The Star Chamber: How Celebrities Go Free and Their Lawyers Become, page 179. From the entry game-time decision
• He paused to swing his neck-less head in a slow, turtlesque ark, holding them all in unintended, comical suspense.2006, Adelle Castelo, Tango on a Tightrope, Vancouver, BC Canada: The Brock House Writers, pages 28-29. From the entry turtlesque
• But if you're writing nonfiction, everyone knows how it turned out, so you have a problem of creating drama and suspense.1993 January–February, Daniel J[oseph] Boorstin (interviewee), Lynne V[incent] Cheney (interviewer), “A Conversation with Daniel J.…. From the entry daunting
• As the audience is propelled towards a state of cringeful suspense, the script is littered with recriminations and wit.1993 -, Theatre Record - Volume 13, Issues 1-9, page 222. From the entry cringeful
• Man has to feel his way most cautiously in the quaggy soil of ignorance, suspense, superstition and moral darkness.1969, Nandu Singh, S N Avdhut, Dayal Yoga. From the entry quaggy
• It is virtually impossible to write a novel of suspense without getting a certain amount of ink on the beezer.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing. From the entry beezer
• A good salesman will deliberately build up your suspense.1939 October, Kenneth F. Gilbert, “Automobile Salesmen Won't Tell”, in Consumers' Digest, volume 6, number 4, page 42. From the entry kick the tires
• For ten minutes he waited there, jabbed at by his nerves, with every minute mounting up a dead weight of suspense.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 219. From the entry dead weight
• All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages.2008 November 5, Charles McGrath, “Builder of Windup Realms That Thrillingly Run Amok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry frisson
• Don’t keep us all in suspense.2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil. From the entry kvetch
• Often, putting it last can make for more suspense and so help give life to what would otherwise be dull and prosey.1971, Laurence Barrett, “Writing Without Feedback”, in Dimension Two: The Written Language, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC…. From the entry prosey
• As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., chapter 1, in Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press…. From the entry climax
• I think after these evenings of suspense and nerve rack a reaction of fatigue and depression is apt to follow the next morning.1927, Ruby Elliot Cromer, Lamuriac and other sketches, page 18. From the entry nerve rack
• Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl.2017 July 13, Bonnie Rochman, “Mothers-To-Be Aren’t Told Enough About Genetic Testing”, in Time, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020. From the entry pregnant
• There’s an occasional schmaltziness, aggravated by the overuse of a twangy score, but more than enough moments of genuine heartbreak, joy and suspense to make up for it.2015 July 5, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘Tough Love’ on PBS Examines Custody Battles With the State”, in The New York Times. From the entry overuse
• This concerto, composed exclusively for a Paris performance, never to be played elsewhere, took the critics by storm after they had waited out several concertsful of suspense.1956, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen, Harper's Magazine - Volume 212, page 95. From the entry concertful

Meaning of suspense

1. noun The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
2. noun The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
3. noun The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.

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Questions about suspense in a sentence

How do you use suspense in a sentence?

Suspense is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.”

What is a short sentence with suspense?

“Don’t keep us all in suspense.”

What does suspense mean?

Suspense means the condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.