Sentences with phrase «nearly unbearable tension»
To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tension - in sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.
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«The tension,» reported SI, «was nearly unbearable.»
For almost two hours the tension is nearly unbearable.
«Creating an atmosphere of dread, one unsettling event at a time, Wan ratchets up the tension until it's nearly unbearable and delightfully scary.»
Roger Donaldson demonstrates his understanding of shooting chase sequences and tension occasionally rises to nearly unbearable levels owed to some interesting camera angles and quick, anxious cutaways.