Sentence examples for drum up suspense from inspiring English sources

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"The Silver Star" will drum up suspense, "God willing and the creek don't rise".

"What we really find funny is watching CBS drum up suspense and contention between the contestants," he said.

And the portentous voice-over labors to drum up suspense about arcane subjects, like whether the memory cards of voting machines have executable — meaning hackable — programs.

The effect of this is to drum up suspense and ladle significance on a subject, as if the narrative were so panoramic it could be seen only incrementally with binoculars, or so drug-addled it could be rendered only as moments of scary lucidity followed by blackouts.

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Tebow's popularity, Ryan acknowledged this week, has added to the outside interest, but the Jets have also drummed up the suspense by keeping the game plan so tightly to their chest.

The aim: Drum up buzz.

Enter 'Hamilton Creatorr to Drum Up Business.

Why couldn't the sales force drum up more business?

Combining quicksilver choreography with slick production elements, Ms. Pite's work tends to drum up dark, brooding suspense, sometimes to chilling effect, sometimes verging on trite (think slow-mo action-movie sequences).

Though incisive, the screenplay (by Mr. Bergman) resorts to some coy strategies to drum up a modicum of suspense.

It drums up something military in people.

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