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Example sentences for "breathless suspense"

  • She had listened to him in breathless suspense.

  • His eager gaze was fastened on Mohammed's proud, tranquil countenance in breathless suspense.

  • Mohammed bows his head, and listens in breathless suspense, his heart throbbing wildly.

  • The mother and the men are waiting on the shore in breathless suspense, as it approaches nearer and nearer.

  • The Poles rose, and looked with beaming eyes and in breathless suspense at the emperor, whose face exhibited the austere regularity of a statue of ancient Rome.

  • The queen had also risen, but she stood still, and looked in breathless suspense at Napoleon, whose cold face seemed to warm a little with humane emotion.

  • Perfectly beside herself, she approached closer to the window, and listened in breathless suspense to every word that was uttered.

  • Count PĆ¼ckler was still standing on the curb-stone and looking in breathless suspense at the people that, a moment ago, had surrounded him.

  • They all listened for a moment in breathless suspense.

  • With folded hands, and in breathless suspense, she listened to his words, and a joyous smile gradually illumined her countenance.

  • The king looked after her in breathless suspense; with every step she took his anxiety increased.

  • Both looked at each other in breathless suspense.

  • A long debate now followed concerning the place where they should sketch Cornelia, while the latter had meantime obtained possession of the newspaper, and was reading it in breathless suspense.

  • Ottilie had hung upon his words in breathless suspense.

  • Fanny had listened to him with blushing cheeks and in breathless suspense.

  • And he went closer to the door, in order to listen in breathless suspense.

  • He only looked at the small bell, and seemed to expect a signal from it in breathless suspense.

  • Talma stood still, in breathless suspense; in his heart he thanked Providence for permitting him to witness this leave-taking.

  • Margaret did not move, she kept her hands over her face, the low sound of her weeping was heard throughout the room, whilst Fritz Deyke looked at her father in breathless suspense.

  • The empress looked at him in breathless suspense, his veiled eyes were cast on the ground.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    breathless silence; breathless suspense; burial customs; fresh provisions; give themselves; give way; great deal; heartily sorry; light manufacturing; little sigh; long ways; makes mention; many towns; mighty well; often said; party leader; protective colouring; standing before; then laid; then strain the liquor; three parts; vice president; with regard