suspense

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The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
(quote-book)|authorlink=Alexander Pope|first=Alexander|last=Pope|lines=249–252|newversion=republished in|title2=The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope|location2=Boston, New York|publisher2=Houghton, Mifflin and Company|year2=1902|page2=113|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/completepoetical00pope/page/113|passage=For thee the Fates, severely kind, ordain / A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain; / Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; / No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
(RQ:Denham The Destruction of Tro)

Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.

(quote-book)|title=Ethel Churchill|volume=1|pages=265-266|text=I believe that, to the young, suspense is the most intolerable suffering. Active misery always brings with it its own power of endurance.
A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
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