: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense
Examples of thriller in a Sentence
His latest novel is a political thriller.
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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Any time the Buffalo Bills have matched up with the Chiefs over the past few seasons, the games have typically been thrillers.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
At this point, the film shifts tonally from a slice-of-life drama filled with rich primary colors to a crime thriller in which DP Karthik Vijay employs a colder palette and more formal framing and shot compositions.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The 10-episode series is described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Stephen and Catherine’s slow race across London to reach Nicholas’s ICU bed is paced like a thriller only there are zero thrills.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
At this point, the film shifts tonally from a slice-of-life drama filled with rich primary colors to a crime thriller in which DP Karthik Vijay employs a colder palette and more formal framing and shot compositions.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The 10-episode series is described as a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Stephen and Catherine’s slow race across London to reach Nicholas’s ICU bed is paced like a thriller only there are zero thrills.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriller. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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thriller
noun
thril·ler
ˈthril-ər 
: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama with a great deal of action, mystery, adventure, or suspense
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