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Example sentences for: suspense

How can you use “suspense” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In his standup and Tonight Show work, Albert demonstrated how you could delay the laugh, really prolong the suspense, and get a much better laugh at the end.
John Updike is at bottom a religious novelist, but when you try to identify what exactly his bottom-most religious beliefs may be, the whole murky lot of them playfully slither away--which gives his writing a touch of theological suspense.
These books seethe with plots; with characters; with life & suspense.
Even though we know the end, the story is filled with suspense, and we turn the pages intently.
The suspense is that of a conventional melodrama: Will Chiltern defy Mrs. Cheveley in the name of truth?