: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense
Examples of thriller in a Sentence
His latest novel is a political thriller.
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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The protagonist of this transgressive crime thriller, set in Tacoma, Washington, in the late nineteenth century, is Alma Rosales, an ex-detective who has constructed a new life as Jack Camp, a stevedore and an opium smuggler both beloved and feared by his crew.
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The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The Bruins won all four regular season meetings (though two were in OT) and own the incentive of having been eliminated by the Cats last postseason 4-3 in a first-round thriller.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
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The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The Bruins won all four regular season meetings (though two were in OT) and own the incentive of having been eliminated by the Cats last postseason 4-3 in a first-round thriller.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriller. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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thriller
noun
thril·ler
ˈthril-ər 
: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama with a great deal of action, mystery, adventure, or suspense
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