Sentence examples for suspense since from inspiring English sources

The event was like an Academy Awards program without the suspense, since the recipients were announced in advance.

(A countdown clock, noting the number of days to the presidential election, cannot really engender much suspense, since most in the audience will know how that contest ended).

And it is propelled by inevitable suspense, since "Aisling's past is another world, her present an ungraspable flux, and she may not have a future".

Their boyhood rivalry has never been a rivalry in the professional ranks and has never generated much expectation and suspense since their first high-profile meeting, in the Monte Carlo semifinals in 2005.

He astutely observes that "essays are stories," which means he is "permitted the literary devices of foreshadowing and mild mystery". But whatever the mystery, there is no suspense, since we are never in doubt of a quick solution -- and sometimes Mr. Gould cannot keep from gloating about it.

This seems to solve the paradox of suspense, since we can know that the hero will not die, but still fear the outcome simply by imagining that he might.

DENVER, Nov. 17 — As the hour grew late Saturday and the suspense had long since been drained from the Pepsi Center, there were really only two curiosities left.

In fact, the Social Security Administration SSAA) has maintained something called the Earnings Suspense File since 1937.

This flawed characterization is unfortunately not a minor problem, since suspense about the fate of the much-wronged heroine is essential to our engagement in the play's convoluted plot.

BOSTON — The suspense had long since dissipated, along with the Boston Celtics' spirit, but Carmelo Anthony was still on the parquet floor late Friday, dribbling, firing, skipping with a childlike glee and then, finally, making a slow, purposeful walk to the bench.

He argues that since suspense requires uncertainty, the best account for the any claim that the same movie was just as suspenseful on the 4th, 5th, or 6th viewing is that the recidivist is confused, mislabeling her emotional response.