How to Use heart-stopping in a Sentence
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Looking for a heart-stopping thriller for your tote bag?
— Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023 -
Via a series of heart-stopping adventures, that's what this one's about to find out.
— Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 July 2023 -
Some of the races are heart-stopping, while others feel weightless and unimportant.
— Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Expect more raw action, heart-stopping suspense, and a whole lot of righteous fury.
— Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 May 2024 -
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 -
His 2015 lethal injection was called off after a doctor realized the wrong heart-stopping drug had been delivered.
— USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024 -
There are heart-stopping, floor-to-ceiling views high over Bhutan’s main river: the sedate, meandering Mo Chhu, flowing below terraced rice paddies and forests of pine.
— Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023 -
These close encounters are heart-stopping, frustrating, and addicting all at one.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023 -
The first two titles each came with heart-stopping drama and Friday’s win was no different, a 3-2 double overtime win over Monocacy Valley.
— Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Director Jum Bung-shik makes clever use of the spooky location and visual format, leading to several moments of heart-stopping terror.
— EW.com, 2 June 2024 -
The Orioles won their first-round and semifinal contests this week in heart-stopping fashion with buzzer-beating wins over Brownsburg and Plainfield, respectively.
— Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 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 -
Julie Ledru, a biker acting for the first time, inhabits the role with a take-no-prisoners toughness but also a heart-stopping vulnerability.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023 -
Amid bullet hailstorms and rivers of blood spilled in five heart-stopping seasons of FX’s drama Snowfall, the vast majority of its core characters have escaped the deadly consequences of the crack cocaine epidemic of the ‘80s.
— Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 13 Apr. 2023 -
As the players raced to one another, exulting in yet another heart-stopping, nerve-shredding win, staff members sprinted onto the field after them, ensuring each star was correctly attired.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024 -
The footage features heart-stopping stunts, like Gadot’s Rachel Stone — an intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency — skydiving from a death-defying height.
— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 June 2023 -
On Tuesday, August 29, the Houston rapper decided to bless us with a 10-photo Instagram dump featuring several heart-stopping looks with a variety of hairstyles and manicures.
— Gabi Thorne, Allure, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Writer-director Garland’s vision of a near-future America at war with itself has ravishing moments, an incredible central performance from Kirsten Dunst, and a heart-stopping pace.
— Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Psychological thrillers blend elements of horror, drama and suspense, creating stories that can be both heart-stopping and captivating.
— Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023 -
Utilizing its low-budget aesthetic to full effect, Paranormal Activity is a masterclass in tension and dread, delivering heart-stopping moments that continue to haunt viewers.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 6 May 2023 -
Dazzling illumination and overwhelming orchestral effect, not color, made this heart-stopping.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
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