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suspense - use in sentences
Converse of object
- heighten: Perhaps it's purpose is to create suspicion to heighten suspense.
- build: In fiction, they can also build suspense: He walked through the door.
- fill: What follows is a suspense filled movie that has just the right amount of humor.
- generate: The emphasis seems to be more on embracing current trends than generating suspense.
- create: The line ` Today he got away with it ' created suspense.
- maintain: However, the company revealed little about the new product in order to " maintain the suspense " .
Adjective modifier
- psychological: He also constructed an amazing level of psychological suspense from very simple stories.
- romantic: Jaye is also the author of a romantic suspense, Aces, and has additional works in progress.
- enough: It doesn't really help that there isn't enough suspense in the story to keep people entertained.
- real: History records who won, but if you happen not to know the book still offers a story of real suspense.
- little: There is a lot of talk and little suspense throughout, even during the chase scenes.
- much: However, upon playing more you'll come to realize how much suspense this adds to the game, which it really does need.
Modifies a noun
- thriller: Second, who wants to wait over a year for the outcome of a suspense thriller?
- novel: Customer Rating: Review Summary: Vachss's best suspense novel yet.
- drama: When the score does appear it is the usual strings you hear in suspense drama, but it is effective nonetheless.
- fiction: I wouldn't recommend this book to people who want their suspense fiction to be a relaxing escape.
- account: The money should be placed in a suspense account.
- movie: Spielberg is unbelievable and he's delivered a great suspense movie.
Noun used with modifier
- live-action: Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE was directed ( and publicized ) as tho it was a Hitchcockian live-action suspense feature.
- genre-defining: Critics have favorably compared NOIR to such genre-defining live-action suspense films as The Professional and La Femme Nikita.
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