Suspense - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səˈspens|  American pronunciation of the word suspense
Brit.  |səˈspens|  British pronunciation of the word suspense

noun

- apprehension about what is going to happen
- an uncertain cognitive state
the matter remained in suspense for several years
- excited anticipation of an approaching climax
the play kept the audience in suspense

Extra examples

I can't bear the suspense.

The suspense builds as the story progresses.

Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense.

The movie is a suspense thriller.

I had to wait in suspense.

Everyone was in suspense over the outcome.

...a writer renowned for her cracking tales of mystery and suspense...

Virtually every scene of the movie pulsates with suspense.

...the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks...

Europe, in breathless suspense, awaited the issue.

Don't keep us in suspense any longer!

What happened next? The suspense is killing me.

Hitchcock was an acknowledged master of suspense.

Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera

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