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- adverb In a
suspenseful manner.
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Examples
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As an hour of emotionally engaging and suspensefully perplexing entertainment, I thought it was a terrific way to end the show's very best season to date.
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In the closing moments of the film the camera lingers suspensefully on the motionless face of avatar-Jake; suddenly, the large, feline eyes pop open, and then the screen goes black.
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I have read his Nocturne, which was nicely done, tightly and suspensefully constructed.
The girl who kicked the publisher's keister for misplacing an apostrophe Peter Rozovsky 2010
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In the closing moments of the film the camera lingers suspensefully on the motionless face of avatar-Jake; suddenly, the large, feline eyes pop open, and then the screen goes black.
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By early morning—it was still almost night—Gregor had a chance to test the strength of the resolutions he had just made, for the sister, almost fully dressed, opened the vestibule door and suspensefully peered in.
The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000
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And imagining them all as suspensefully following his efforts, he obliviously bit into the key with all the strength he could muster.
The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000
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When Aileen finally summoned the courage to ask about Clover, Adams paused for a suspensefully long moment then turned to her and said softly, “My child, you have broken a silence of thirty years.”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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When Aileen finally summoned the courage to ask about Clover, Adams paused for a suspensefully long moment then turned to her and said softly, “My child, you have broken a silence of thirty years.”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Meticulously written, realistically acted and suspensefully directed, Breach tells the story of the spy who eluded world experts and the young, ambitious office clerk who did what nobody else could do in bringing him to justice.
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Meticulously written, realistically acted and suspensefully directed, Breach tells the story of the spy who eluded world experts and the young, ambitious office clerk who did what nobody else could do in bringing him to justice.
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