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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspenseful
Adjective
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While the climax sputters a bit, the rest is taut and engrossing.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Rigg’s voice is sharp and engrossing, her characters cunning but affable.—
Isle McElroy,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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And so a riveting five-Test series between England and India at the Oval just had to finish this way.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Yet after a riveting first half of the premiere, too many slow-burn action and horror sequences all but arrest the development of the plot and characters until Episode 3.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Enid returns to Nevermore with a new pack and a new crush — Bruno (Noah B. Taylor), a kind and charming werewolf who offers the popularity and acceptance she’s always craved.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Christopher is set to play Young Noah, a polite and charming small-town kid.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The entire hour plays with variations on interpersonal connection, sometimes in brief interactions between strangers, sometimes about parenting and childhood, and sometimes seen through Wood’s experience of fame, but the bubble-man story is Wood at his most personal and captivating.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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This clear-eyed but hopeful track is one of Snell’s most captivating to date, one that declares history doesn’t have to dictate one’s destiny.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Leagues Cup action returns on Thursday with an intriguing showdown, as the MLS side LA Galaxy takes on Liga MX team Santos Laguna.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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For millennials who recognize Snow from cult-classic teen comedies like 2006’s John Tucker Must Die and the Pitch Perfect franchise, her starring role as the self-destructive Sophie in The Hunting Wives is simultaneously nostalgic and intriguing.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Its interesting that this is directed by an almost exclusively film director, Margaret Brown, who has done such gripping projects like Descendant in the past, and a True Crime series is wildly different.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Full House alum, 43, is starring in a gripping new Lifetime original movie, titled Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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What was really interesting about so much of the work was that materiality and texture were so tangible.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Clarkson and Blackstock's divorce settlement made headlines in part for the inclusion of one interesting detail: their children's vaccination status.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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From Jupiter’s swirling storms to Neptune’s icy depths, planets across our solar system are orbited by a fascinating cast of moons.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Suspenseful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspenseful. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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