in suspense
idiom
: waiting anxiously
She kept him in suspense for two whole days before she agreed to marry him.
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Mail-in ballots are what can keep California’s competitive races in suspense.
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck before Election Day on Nov. 5, monetary officials from Washington to London may find themselves still in suspense.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Amityville may strike modern viewers raised on Insidious and Conjuring flicks as slightly passé: The pacing is quintessentially ’70s, which is to say deliberate, yet the film works all the better for it, rooting the horror in suspense and touting a visually vintage sheen.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That threat keeps the entire film in suspense. Ruizpalacios, whose previous films Güeros, Museo, and A Cop Movie explored Mexico City tensions, here observes the pressures of international diversity — between cultures, the sexes, and castes.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck before Election Day on Nov. 5, monetary officials from Washington to London may find themselves still in suspense.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Amityville may strike modern viewers raised on Insidious and Conjuring flicks as slightly passé: The pacing is quintessentially ’70s, which is to say deliberate, yet the film works all the better for it, rooting the horror in suspense and touting a visually vintage sheen.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That threat keeps the entire film in suspense. Ruizpalacios, whose previous films Güeros, Museo, and A Cop Movie explored Mexico City tensions, here observes the pressures of international diversity — between cultures, the sexes, and castes.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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“In suspense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20suspense. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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