How long the intense suspense lasted they knew not ere Arthur cried, 'They are slackening sail!
Her Diary describes her sensations of suspense as she awaited a reply from the Duke, and "the Scriptures" with which she fortified her position.
Our suspense became unbearable, and we finally discussed seriously the expediency of emigrating to Louisiana.
I could not bear the suspense of wondering whether all was going well and the opportunity being given you of seeing and speaking to him.
She was paying for her temerity now, paying for it with every terrible moment that her suspense endured.
Was this swelling of her impetuous heart in the midst of suchsuspense an instinct of thankfulness?
Several minutes of awful suspense had passed away since the last of the red line of light cavalry had been seen rushing into the cloud of smoke.
A time of anxious suspense passed by; now the canoe could be seen in the surf, now she disappeared; but the gallant Kroomen could not be discovered, though many an eye was looking out for them.
We must hold judgment in suspense and say, 'We don't and we can't understand.
She went quietly about her work as usual, but none the less the days of suspense that followed were "dark indeed and hard to live through.
The suspense had grown unbearable when of a sudden, with face grimy, hair tousled, and clothing all awry, James appeared at the door.
It was a moment of highsuspense and swift action; one of those moments when success or failure hinges on the right move at the right second.
Now that the suspense and worry was over I meant to work double tides and make the old regiment twice as efficient as it had ever been.
A good, clean, straightforward bit of fiction, with likable people in it, and enough action to keep up the suspense throughout.
An element of suspense may even be injected into the narrative introduction to stimulate the reader's curiosity, and descriptive touches may be added to heighten the vividness.
No doubt he regarded the facts themselves, together with the suspense as to the outcome of the search, as sufficiently interesting to render unnecessary any other device for creating interest.
An element of suspense or mystery may be introduced into the description, if a person, a place, or an object is described without being identified by name until the end of the portrayal.
And, in short, he concluded by disclosing to me his determination to end his suspense by proposing to you this evening.
Margaret rang the bell, and waited in feverish suspense to hear the issue.
Thence he returns, and in a scene of power and suspense he informs his son of the terms set forth by the conqueror.
He manages to create an atmosphere of suspense from the beginning.
But the weariest suspense comes to some end finally, and just as dawn broke there was a sudden change.
The suspense made him silent and nervous; he could only look at his bride and clasp her hands, until she had passed safely through the crowded streets and was securely in the cabin of the waiting ship.
He knew that he was pale and trembling with a score of fears and doubts, and the short five minutes of suspense seemed to him a long hour of uncertain apprehensions.
I did not keep him a moment in suspense as to the purport of my visit.
A tamesuspense I was not born to endure, and I determined to clear my doubts at all hazards and events.
My solicitude is so great, and my suspense so painful, that I cannot rest a moment in peace, or turn my thoughts into any other channel.
I spoke inadvertently; but if you knew the painful suspense I suffer at this moment, you would not be surprised at what I have said.
Kate was conscious of no fear; rather a joy that the suspense was over, that there was at last something definite and tangible to face.
The book is skilfully written and makes one of the most baffling, mystifying, exciting detective stories ever written--cleverly keeping the suspense and mystery intact until the surprising discoveries which precede the end.
For seven days I heard nothing, and half mad with anxiety and suspense I awaited each night the incoming train to bring me tidings.
These letters did more than relieve the terrible suspense of Mrs. Denham and her family, they aroused the deepest interest in the minds of all in the office of Messrs.
Nothing could be done without light, and the suspense was horrible.
The whole city remained in suspense and uncertainty, which was greatly increased by seeing how numerous grew the forces of the insurgents.
However, the enemy let the golden moment pass; and, after suffering the agonies of suspense for several days, Porter at last saw his gunboats safely anchored by the side of Sherman's protecting regiments.
Our suspense was prolonged for some minutes longer, when the speed was slackened, and finally we stopped altogether.
My senses, until then held in suspense by the very terror of the frightful spectacle, now abandoned me.
Why should we, honorable people, be kept ever in suspense as though we were criminals!
A long murmur expressive of dreadful suspense and hope received these last words of the trafficker in indulgences; a boundless horizon was opened for all manner of the blackest and most unheard-of felonies.
At length, after a hard chase, and a day of the most agonizing suspense to our poor countrymen, about sunset their fate seemed decided, when the adverse ship bore down upon them within hail, and fired a gun to bring them to.
They watched in weary suspense as the long day finally drew to a close.
They waited in trying suspense while the rider slowly passed them, and the short, quick footfalls of his pony died away in the distance.
He waited in trying suspense for the signal which would verify his hopes.
Then came the Maine affair; the suspense of seventy million people eager to avenge their dead; the decision of the court of inquiry; the emergency vote; the preparation for war.
There was the same clutter of tubes and jars on the tables, but above all that same feeling of suspense in the air which I had come to associate with the clearing up of a case.
Meanwhile, it seemed to me that the suspense was terrible.
Kennedy stopped, but he was not yet prepared to relieve the suspense of two of those whom his investigation would absolve.
Impatient as I was, I often wondered what must have been the suspense of those to whom the case meant everything.
A look of bewilderment crossed her face, and then she realized his suspense and said, gravely, "You may come again.
The dawn fell gray on the watchful faces of the doctor and Hester, and on the dumbsuspense of the poor father.
Few have found suspense easy to bear; but for the self-centred an intolerable element is added to it, which unselfish natures escape.
Lady Newhaven had returned to Westhope ill with suspense and anxiety.
And she and Scarlett are in love with each other, and the suspense is wearing her out.
Neal and Teddy were in a state of the most painful suspensefrom the moment Poyor returned until the time for their departure arrived.
One, two, three minutes of suspense followed, and then came a cry which set all their fears at rest.
Their brown skins coppered by the rosy glow of the setting sun, they stood in strained suspense awaiting the climax.
From Lindsey he learned more of the suspense that had hung over the Gulf since his disappearance, the deep anxiety that had spread among the Bogobos and silenced every agong in the foothills.
He gritted his teeth in an agony of suspense and enforced inaction.
The Major was pulling on a dead pipe, absorbed in Terry's story but building into it all of the suffering and loneliness and suspense which the lad ignored in the telling.
