heart-stopping
adjective
heart-stop·ping
ˈhärt-ˌstä-piŋ 
: extremely shocking or exciting
a heart-stopping adventure
heart-stopping views
heart-stoppingly
adverb
a heart-stoppingly suspenseful film
a heart-stoppingly beautiful view
Examples of heart-stopping in a Sentence
the movie's climax is a heart-stopping chase through the streets of San Francisco
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On the silver screen, Chris Pine has played heart-stopping action heroes.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
The summit brings heart-stopping views of glacial valleys, sky-high waterfalls plunging through the rocky cliffs, and cascades of water far below.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This comes ahead of tomorrow’s release of Janz’s next book, Veil, a heart-stopping story of a father who will stop at nothing to save his family.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
Greengrass has always excelled at turning real-life horrors into heart-stopping movies, but this particular vision of Hell on Earth is on another level.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
The summit brings heart-stopping views of glacial valleys, sky-high waterfalls plunging through the rocky cliffs, and cascades of water far below.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This comes ahead of tomorrow’s release of Janz’s next book, Veil, a heart-stopping story of a father who will stop at nothing to save his family.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
Greengrass has always excelled at turning real-life horrors into heart-stopping movies, but this particular vision of Hell on Earth is on another level.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heart-stopping
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“Heart-stopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-stopping. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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