nail-biting

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
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How To Use nail-biting In A Sentence

  • Lippman lets each character contribute a piece to the whole, which makes the story richer, and there's some nail-biting suspense. No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman: Book summary
  • The final quarter was a real nail-biting affair.
  • As they advance through the playoffs, the basketball staff looks forward to a nail-biting final between the two teams.
  • A sober, nonsensational account of Sheila’s murder, the mind-boggling series of events preceding it, and the nail-biting sequence of twists and turns in the investigation of the crime…. Without Pity
  • Women screamed and jumped on chairs, men spilled their pints and babies dropped their rattles with each twist and turn of a nail-biting game.
  • Reluctant to release Ajiaxi back to nature, ?the nail-biting zoologists?put Ajiaxi into a spacious cage where he lived a superior and sex-free life until Liana came to him.
  • But for all the overblown peril, the attempt at a nail-biting climax is wholly unconvincing. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nail-biting in children, shaving in men and ill-fitting shoes in adults have all been blamed for making warts more likely.
  • If his voice fails it could be a nail-biting finish. The Sun
  • Cameras follow nail-biting real-life rescues in this amazing new docusoap. The Sun
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