How to Use suspense in a Sentence

suspense

noun
  • The movie is a suspense thriller.
  • I can't bear the suspense.
  • The suspense builds as the story progresses.
  • Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense.
  • So that whole hour was suspense filled.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • That kind of tamps down the suspense.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • There’s no need for any suspense here.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Not peace—or what would be the purpose of suspense?
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • The suspense is part of the story.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There's always some suspense over who shows up and who stays away.
    — Laurie Kellman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2020
  • There goes the suspense for best picture.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • One of the all-time great suspense films with a pay-off like no other.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 28 Aug. 2022
  • This one had none of the suspense of 2005.
    — Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The suspense was whether Europe could try to make a game of it.
    — Doug Ferguson, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Trump and his people are all too happy to build the suspense.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • The only suspense will be whether they are voted in as starters.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
  • There are others that have a lot more mystery and suspense.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • That builds tension and suspense.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The suspense has been real over the course of the series.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Time to bust out the popcorn, turn off the lights and turn on movies high on gore and suspense.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
  • When there were three sweets left in the roll, Ivor could not take the suspense any longer.
    — Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
  • The movie screenwriters changed it to present tense for more suspense.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Start the new year with a little extra suspense.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Many begged for spoilers, saying that the suspense was killing them.
    — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But in the absence of suspense, records will do instead.
    — Jacob Shames, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But there’s still a bit of suspense over who might join him in New York.
    — Steve Megargee, The Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • But there's still a bit of suspense over who might join him in New York.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 8 Dec. 2019
  • For the sake of suspense, the wine turns a disturbing shade of brown as the hours tick away.
    — Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Not to mention wealth, secrets, suspense and more!
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Relay moves from suspense to something else.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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