How to Use heart-stopping in a Sentence

heart-stopping

adjective
  • That was a little heart-stopping, and was one of the things that Hayes talked about after the match.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Looking for a heart-stopping thriller for your tote bag?
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Via a series of heart-stopping adventures, that's what this one's about to find out.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 July 2023
  • His car flipped, landed on its roof and skidded to a halt in a harrowing, heart-stopping show of sparks and flames.
    — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • His car flipped, landed on its roof and skidded to a halt in a harrowing, heart-stopping show of sparks and flames.
    — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Some of the races are heart-stopping, while others feel weightless and unimportant.
    — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The lights flickered, plunging the car into darkness for a few heart-stopping moments.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The lights flickered, plunging the car into darkness for a few heart-stopping moments.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Expect more raw action, heart-stopping suspense, and a whole lot of righteous fury.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Our Great National Parks spreads its wings over five gorgeous episodes, taking the viewer through some of the world’s most heart-stopping sights.
    — Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • For Lee, the improvement in her health has made her goal of performing heart-stopping movie stunts more tangible.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In another near heart-stopping move, the grand reveal of gold statues of heroines of French history along the banks of the Seine was a sight for the ages that will change Paris forever.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Bayer Leverkusen has fallen off its heart-stopping form last year, leaving an open field of candidates for the title this time around.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Bayer Leverkusen has fallen off its heart-stopping form last year, leaving an open field of candidates for the title this time around.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • With the diverse cast, heart-stopping action, extremely high stakes (and Jedi body count), and yeah, even that Darth Plagueis tease, the eight-episode first season charted a thrilling new direction for the franchise.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • With the diverse cast, heart-stopping action, extremely high stakes (and Jedi body count), and yeah, even that Darth Plagueis tease, the eight-episode first season charted a thrilling new direction for the franchise.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This year's completely unexpected Vikings team notched its 10th win, once again in heart-stopping fashion.
    — Nick Halter, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This year's race proved no different, with heart-stopping overtaking and razor-thin margins as Lewis Hamilton secured a record ninth win.
    — Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 July 2024
  • His 2015 lethal injection was called off after a doctor realized the wrong heart-stopping drug had been delivered.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The victory came with a heart-stopping finish, as Maryland needed a buzzer-beater from star freshman Derik Queen to avoid a season-ending loss.
    — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • After about a dozen of these heart-stopping discoveries, at some point my obsession became unshakable, and led to using the perfect shape in my own work.
    — Sophie Collé, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
  • After about a dozen of these heart-stopping discoveries, at some point my obsession became unshakable, and led to using the perfect shape in my own work.
    — Sophie Collé, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
  • There are heart-stopping, floor-to-ceiling views high over Bhutan’s main river: the sedate, meandering Mo Chhu, flowing below terraced rice paddies and forests of pine.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
  • These close encounters are heart-stopping, frustrating, and addicting all at one.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The first two titles each came with heart-stopping drama and Friday’s win was no different, a 3-2 double overtime win over Monocacy Valley.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The official’s review and announcement that the basket occurred just a tenth of a second before the buzzer sounded took several heart-stopping minutes.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Director Jum Bung-shik makes clever use of the spooky location and visual format, leading to several moments of heart-stopping terror.
    — EW.com, 2 June 2024
  • From here, hiking trails trace ancient routes used by shepherds and traders, edging along precipices with heart-stopping views into the void below.
    — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This was an ugly performance all around and won’t get the glow-up from a heart-stopping, last-second victory.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Evening Light) whose heart-stopping garden presence cannot be overstated.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025

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