Sentence examples for suspense generated from inspiring English sources

That seems a clever mirroring of Scheherazade's own keep-him-in-suspense technique, but there's not much suspense generated here.

And the kind of suspense generated by Will's hunt for the missing wears thin if the reader has ceased to care.

The suspense generated by the possibility of his volatile uncle learning the awful truth sustains the trajectory of "Lionel Asbo" from one close call to the next.

As has been the case at Cirque shows I've seen in the past, more than once I had to resist the urge to leap from my seat and holler, "Get down from there, you senseless girl!" The tingly suspense generated by the many feats of gravity-defying gymnastics draws on our instinctive fear that at any moment someone could end up splattered across the stage.

Modern warfare has made the sickening suspense generated by Civil War sharpshooters standard operating procedure.

Factory, $19.99, R) may technically be a slasher movie, but Mr. Ruben's interest lies in what Mr. Fulci neglects: the moments between the murders, in which suspense is generated by the unfolding of character and the meticulously timed, step-by-step buildup of tension.

"His film becomes as remarkable for its scale as for the suspense it generates, and all the more fascinating for setting grand aspirations beside petty errors.

Director Marcus Dunstan, who wrote a handful of recent instalments in the Saw franchise, knows how to dribble out the suspense and generate surprise from more than just loud noises on the soundtrack.

"Solea" began with slow, stalking steps for Ms. Barrio, punctuated by pauses that generated suspense.

Like many of the stories of H. P. Lovecraft it was based upon, Alone in the Dark generated suspense from the gradual immersion of its hero into a disturbing world of eldritch mystery just below the surface of everyday reality.

By the time the tale reached its putative climax, in the murder of the former student Shatov (Rosario Lisma), who had renounced the ideals he once espoused, so little suspense had been generated and so little emotional engagement with the characters had developed that it was possible to look on with dry eyes.