Sentences with phrase «stands in suspense»

And the unveiling of the Mystery stands in suspense before me.

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The suggested pattern is no longer so much of divine imposition as one in which Gabriel and God and all the heavens stand in breathless suspense.

The only real suspense among these legislators - for - life in next year's elections is whether Republican Bill Larkin, 90 years old in February, will stand for another two - year term.

The protagonist of» 71, a gritty and garrote - tight suspense story set in the split city of Belfast in the year before Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday massacre, is Gary, a stand - up chap from Derbyshire who has joined Britain's Parachute Regiment.

This is a suggestive emptiness: a car racing down an empty rural highway, creating suspense; a sky that hangs ominously over a gas station, and then begins to fill with the fiery ribbons of a spy satellite breaking up in the atmosphere; people standing in empty fields and clearings in anticipation of the supernatural; the spotless white space of the test room of a secure government facility; the camera pivoting around NSA analyst Sevier (Adam Driver) as the massive hangars of an Army base flicker on one after another, readying for pursuit.

As Roy stands in a field, with the boy in his arms, peering with great anguish at the eastern horizon behind a line of trees, the suspense is no less unbearable for the fact that we know that what we're about to see is the most quotidian thing in the world: as The Beloved sang in 1990, it's just the sun rising.

Suspense was crackling in the air as the five finalists stood on stage waiting for Dr. Smith to pronounce the winner: high school science teachers Kelly Burnette from Yulee High School and Allan Phipps from Broward County; 8th - grade language arts teacher Cristine O'Hara of Miami - Dade, and 4th - grade teachers Zachary Champagne of Jacksonville and Cheryl Conley of Vero Beach.

This stand - alone thriller combines high - octane suspense with comic capering, as two married couples — one a PI team, the other a hit couple for hire — spar with one another until they both find themselves in the crosshairs of a gang of Russian jewel thieves.

In fact, the historical background is every bit as entertaining as the moments of suspense, and is one of the features that make the book such a stand - out.

In general, I prefer stand - alone suspense novels to series, so I was thrilled to learn that Lippman has a September book coming out that is indeed a stand alone — and not part of her series about Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan.

The books on our list were screened with these criteria in mind: • Issues, characters and / or moral dilemmas worthy of group discussion • Suspense paired with great writing • Books that stand alone and don't require knowledge of earlier entries in a series • Recently (or soon - to - be) available in paperback Here are our top 10 recommendations:

Was it Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train — the explanation du jour for everything in the genre — that prompted the explosion of stand - alone thrillers, and especially those utilizing unreliable narrators and emphasizing psychological suspense?

IRR Your work has garnered much praise for standing out in the crime and suspense genres.

This system, that could be set up in manageable suspense account style, is not an unbelievable support system but of course would require an abundance of both banking and E&O insurance, each «account» standing on its own legs.