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Recent Examples of suspenseful
Up-tempo keyboards and a suspenseful beat drop made for a new experience of Lovato's soaring vibrato, hinting at the genre of the larger album expected to follow the single's release.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Snowy Day is full of clear, gripping, and suspenseful plots.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Though the main twist is obvious to any fans of Anastasia, Shupe still makes the plot’s unfolding a delicious and suspenseful experience.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The streamer also boasts suspenseful, dark dramas such as American Horror Story or The Handmaid's Tale.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Shirley Jackson is a master of suspenseful tales, and this 1959 novel is perhaps her greatest achievement in the unsettling.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Snowy Day is full of clear, gripping, and suspenseful plots.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Though the main twist is obvious to any fans of Anastasia, Shupe still makes the plot’s unfolding a delicious and suspenseful experience.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The streamer also boasts suspenseful, dark dramas such as American Horror Story or The Handmaid's Tale.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Shirley Jackson is a master of suspenseful tales, and this 1959 novel is perhaps her greatest achievement in the unsettling.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspenseful
Adjective
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Childhood is a time of enchantment, and a mother is a daughter’s first sorceress—omnipotent, enthralling, sometimes alarmingly so.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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The sequence, which leads to an enthralling chase through the mean streets of New York, features a memorable freestyle between David and the young artist who could have been his disciple.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So here are some books to consider replacing a few of the more engrossing habits that are vying perennially for our attention.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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The first section is reasonably tense and engrossing.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Severance costars Tramell Tillman and Sarah Bock had a riveting conversation at the BAFTA TV Tea Party.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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No front-row seat to the riveting League of Legends championships.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, this third movie found a way to pay tribute to this character in a very subtle, charming and funny way, by making references to some of her most iconic and hilarious lines, for example.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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These harvest additions are eye-catching by day and charming by night.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But there’s one particularly captivating stretch near Santa Margherita Ligure, between Portofino’s iconic piazzetta and Rapallo’s picturesque carrugi (the town’s warren of narrow medieval streets).—
Francesca Longoni,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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The 40-year-old was recognized for his captivating turn as Seth Milchick in Apple TV+’s Severance, a role that turned him into one of the show’s breakout stars.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Read together, both studies also hinted at an intriguing contrast in how people were using chatbots in work contexts, compared to more personal ones.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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And, to make matters more intriguing, not everything about the plasma changed between 2017 and 2021.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The final result needed to be invisible, weightless, scentless, and makeup-gripping, all of which were achieved with flying colors—actually, with no color at all since the formula is completely clear on all skin tones.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window, and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That's a really interesting way to put it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Suspenseful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspenseful. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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