How to Use thriller in a Sentence

thriller

noun

• His latest novel is a political thriller.
• The crime thriller features The Shield star Michael Chiklis.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
• The Syndicate is pitching the new thriller Turn Up the Sun!
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2023
• But like on a long-running thriller, each new twist had to top the last.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The new movie feels too simple for him, a thriller with only vengeance on its brain.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• The thriller series is based on the best selling novel by Stephen L. Carter.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• When that got far enough along and after the film was released in May, the team refocused on the heist thriller.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
• The series is great for those who enjoy a thriller but don’t want to too dark a read – a perfect way to kick off the fall!
  — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• With Gadot’s Rachel as a superspy out to save the world, the movie is a degraded descendant of the Bond thrillers.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• In one way or another are crime thrillers, the most exportable of film genres.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
• The Queen City has been chosen to be the set for a sultry suspense thriller cable series from Starz this spring.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024
• But the thriller’s dire box-office receipts will likely drive a stake in any sequel hopes.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
• He’s starred in thrillers, heartwarming films, comedies and sci-fi.
  — Karlee Van De Venter, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2024
• Sources say the project is tonally similar to The Town, the crime thriller directed by Ben Affleck.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
• Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced costar in the action thriller.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
• Allen’s Coup de Chance is a fun (if forgettable) little thriller, so sure.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• What’s arguably the wildest conspiracy thriller of the Me Decade, however, dropped right at the very tail end of it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
• Tyler Perry’s steamy new legal thriller Mea Culpa will keep you on your toes until the very end.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• This all sounds like a pretty standard and fun spy/espionage thriller.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• Season 1 was a tense espionage thriller that followed Andor through a high-stakes heist and a prison break.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• But this is also a movie that, like a lot of conspiracy thrillers, prods you to look a little deeper at a few things.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
• Halloween is usually the time to indulge in a classic horror film or a newer, gory thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• If you were trapped in an escape room and had to team up with other mystery/thriller writers or their characters, who would make the cut?
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Peter Facinelli’s new film is more than just an edge-of-your-seat thriller about fleeing a massive wildfire.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• She's also set to star in a few projects, including the YA movie Fashionista and a thriller movie called Thanksgiving.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 16 May 2023
• Garner famously starred in Alias, a thriller created by J.J. Abrams, in the early 2000s.
  — Town & Country, 10 July 2023
• Plot details are still under wraps, but the film has been previously described as a thriller.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• Look to the best thrillers and mysteries to keep you on the edge of your seat, get lost in the possibilities of the best sci-fi and fantasy, and spark some joy with these 14 feel-good reads.
  — Bekah Waalkes, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• James McAvoy stars in the remake of the Danish psychological horror thriller Gaesterne.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• The book is a thriller, centered on a woman who believes someone is trying to stop her from having a pregnancy.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024