suspend - use in sentences

Object

  • disbelief: You don't have to suspend disbelief, everybody knows what it is.
  • ceiling: Another type of ceiling is suspended ceilings which are usually too weak to to fit a pole too.
  • sediment: This is thought to be due to the high quantities of suspended sediments and yellow substances in the Baltic.
  • sentence: He received a two year suspended sentence in April 1998 for inciting racial hatred.
  • animation: Perhaps a kind of suspended animation, yet many pieces being put into place which lay the foundations for a new situation.
  • enrichment: It called for Iran to cooperate more in its investigation and to suspend uranium enrichment.

Preposition: at

  • pm: The Sitting was, by leave, suspended at 12.30 pm.

Adjective complement

  • due: The research was eventually suspended due to lack of funding from Rolls-Royce.

Modifying Another Word

  • temporarily: After a caution a player is temporarily suspended from the match for a period of ten minutes.

Subject

  • wire: Can be mounted directly on a wall or suspended by wire, chain or shackle with no need to use optional brackets.

Present participle complement

  • pend: Further strike action is suspended pending consultation with members via their branches.

Preposition: in

  • mid-air: Many did not like the sitting position or swinging when suspended in mid-air.
  • air: They then remain suspended in the air to be inhaled.

Preposition: from

  • ceiling: A wicker hanging chair suspended from the ceiling was bizarrely about 6ft foot up in the air.
  • ribbon: Worn as crosses, cameos and jewels suspended from ribbons or chains.
  • duty: Dennis is bailed out, but Ann tells him he is suspended from duty.
  • roof: The proscenium arch was built of plywood and suspended from the roof of the hall.
  • beam: Joints of meat are suspended from the ring beam in the smoke to keep the meat free from flies and to season it.

Preposition: for

  • duration: Three parking bays next to the plant room will be suspended for the duration of the contract.

Preposition: by

  • wire: Can be mounted directly on a wall or suspended by wire, chain or shackle with no need to use optional brackets.

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