How to Use heart-stopping in a Sentence

heart-stopping

adjective
  • Via a series of heart-stopping adventures, that's what this one's about to find out.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 July 2023
  • That was a little heart-stopping, and was one of the things that Hayes talked about after the match.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Expect more raw action, heart-stopping suspense, and a whole lot of righteous fury.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Some of the races are heart-stopping, while others feel weightless and unimportant.
    — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • His car flipped, landed on its roof and skidded to a halt in a harrowing, heart-stopping show of sparks and flames.
    — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The lights flickered, plunging the car into darkness for a few heart-stopping moments.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Losing sight of a dog during a walk can be a heart-stopping experience for any pet owner.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • On the silver screen, Chris Pine has played heart-stopping action heroes.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In short, Che was a wonderfully heart-stopping f---.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Evening Light) whose heart-stopping garden presence cannot be overstated.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • This was an ugly performance all around and won’t get the glow-up from a heart-stopping, last-second victory.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • From here, hiking trails trace ancient routes used by shepherds and traders, edging along precipices with heart-stopping views into the void below.
    — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
  • These close encounters are heart-stopping, frustrating, and addicting all at one.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
  • For Lee, the improvement in her health has made her goal of performing heart-stopping movie stunts more tangible.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • About noon Larry gunned the Maule — heavily loaded with moose meat — to a heart-stopping takeoff from the makeshift strip.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • Bayer Leverkusen has fallen off its heart-stopping form last year, leaving an open field of candidates for the title this time around.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The summit brings heart-stopping views of glacial valleys, sky-high waterfalls plunging through the rocky cliffs, and cascades of water far below.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There are tears among Ecuador's fans after a heart-stopping final few minutes when Germany finally woke up and tried to score again.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • Tuffy’s 16 saves in the third, including a pair of heart-stopping stuffs in the final minute, sealed a memorable performance.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This year's completely unexpected Vikings team notched its 10th win, once again in heart-stopping fashion.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Events such as bull riding, barrel racing, and bronc riding captivate audiences with heart-stopping action and displays of sheer courage.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Our Great National Parks spreads its wings over five gorgeous episodes, taking the viewer through some of the world’s most heart-stopping sights.
    — Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • Our Great National Parks spreads its wings over five gorgeous episodes, taking the viewer through some of the world’s most heart-stopping sights.
    — Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
  • After about a dozen of these heart-stopping discoveries, at some point my obsession became unshakable, and led to using the perfect shape in my own work.
    — Sophie Collé, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
  • There was no electricity and no running water, just a heart-stopping closeness to the snowcaps all around and the alpenglow that shone above a 36-mile-long glacier.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Throughout the record, the image of Petras’ life in freefall recurs, giving the record a sense of hair-whipping freedom and heart-stopping urgency.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
  • This year's race proved no different, with heart-stopping overtaking and razor-thin margins as Lewis Hamilton secured a record ninth win.
    — Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 July 2024
  • His 2015 lethal injection was called off after a doctor realized the wrong heart-stopping drug had been delivered.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The official’s review and announcement that the basket occurred just a tenth of a second before the buzzer sounded took several heart-stopping minutes.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Above a muddled Southland college basketball landscape, a heartwarming, heart-stopping story has arisen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026

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