How to Use heart-stopping in a Sentence

heart-stopping

adjective
  • 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
  • Our Great National Parks spreads its wings over five gorgeous episodes, taking the viewer through some of the world’s most heart-stopping sights.
    Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 10 July 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
  • Amid heart-stopping choreography, Anton pauses to address the audience.
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 13 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
  • Performers Besides headliners Blue Angels, 10 other groups will keep the crowds entertained with heart-stopping military tactical demonstrations and civilian performances.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 24 May 2024
  • Dazzling illumination and overwhelming orchestral effect, not color, made this heart-stopping.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024

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