Meaning & use
suspense
A feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what will happen, especially while waiting for an outcome.
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The final chapter kept readers in suspense until the very last page.
We waited in suspense as the judges tallied the competition scores.
A note on using this word
Suspense is closely tied to storytelling and often describes the deliberate withholding of information, as in a "suspense novel" or "suspense film."
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