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suspenseful - definition and meaning
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adjective Inducing suspense .
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adjective
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suspense + -ful
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Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Reading shapes writers 2009
Gerhart called the suspenseful Heisman race "crazy."
SplicedFeed 2009
The movie would perhaps be better described as a suspenseful intrigue, but due to the inclusion of zombies, undead or not, it gets called "horror."
Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009
The movie would perhaps be better described as a suspenseful intrigue, but due to the inclusion of zombies, undead or not, it gets called "horror."
Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009
So it is very "suspenseful " for both the author and the reader.
An Interview with Minette Walters 2010
Max, the ordinary guy, will prove to be a little more heroic than Vincent expects, there will be a "suspenseful " chase, and yadda yadda yadda.
Collateral Bill Crider 2004
Using rack shots when nothing is moving or close-ups to create a sense of suspense where nothing can be considered "suspenseful "; all of it separates the viewer from the film.
Articles on CollegiateTimes.com 2010
Vice and Virtue feels very flabby indeed, relying as heavily as it does on endless repititions of the same drab themes and riffs, opening with a huge and utterly pointless slab of "suspenseful " and "cinematic" noise, and insistently sprinkling proceedings with dose after dose of monotony and dullness.
The Line Of Best Fit 2009
The last 20 minutes are actually kind of suspenseful …or maybe they just wake you up compared to what you’ve seen before.
The Passing (2008) 2008
"suspenseful " television drama and holding "Big Boy" when an explosion took place on the show, startling the kitty, who bit her thumb.
Arcata Eye 2009
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