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[ noun ] an uncertain cognitive state
Examples "the matter remained in suspense for several years" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)General_manager Pels even suggested that it might be wise to keep the Mexicans in suspense rather_than accept their offers to sell_out and move away , and try to have a_few punished . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)She experienced none of the suspense of some poor stranger selling encyclopedias . Related terms |
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[ noun ] apprehension about what is going to happen
Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst , once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense , there would n't be very much for Mae to do . Related terms |
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[ noun ] excited anticipation of an approaching climax
Examples "the play kept the audience in suspense" Related terms |
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