in suspense

idiom

: waiting anxiously

She kept him in suspense for two whole days before she agreed to marry him.

Examples of in suspense in a Sentence

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Unlike traditional horror, thrillers often keep us in suspense with the power of suggestion and implication, using every trick in the cinematic playbook to get our hearts racing while withholding overt depictions of what makes the characters anxious. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024

Even with the massive hint of her Kimmel appearance, the final episode still kept viewers in suspense. —EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024

The film is, in some ways, a cruel and excruciating exercise in suspense: Will a rich Osage woman named Mollie (Lily Gladstone, giving a fascinatingly enigmatic performance) survive the slow death being planned for her by her husband (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his uncle (Robert De Niro)? —Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023

That’s because Elon Musk has kept consumers in suspense until the final moment. —Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023

The industry has been in suspense since the studios and the union got back to the bargaining table on Aug. 11, after more than 100 days of the writers strike. —Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023

For the time being, San Francisco residents are in suspense. —Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023

Among his solutions is a plot device that’s all the rage lately in suspense dramas: using the online chat function in a video game to communicate with someone when phones and other devices aren’t an option. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023

The prologue is a masterclass in suspense and raw horror, including a full-on attack in broad daylight. —Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 18 May 2021