suspenseful

adjective

sus·​pense·​ful -)sfəl 

: full of suspense : marked by suspense

as suspenseful as a ghost story

a suspenseful drama

this convention has been moderately suspenseful

—R. H. Rovere

after a suspenseful pause, everybody stood up

—F. J. Warburg

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