thriller
Use Thriller in a sentence
ər noun
1.
a person or thing that thrills.
2.
an exciting, suspenseful play or story, especially a mystery story.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a book, film, play, etc, depicting crime, mystery, or espionage in an atmosphere of excitement and suspense |
| 2. | a person or thing that thrills |
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Example sentences
The whole scenario can be likened to a movie thriller.
Everybody now believes he or she can write the next highly acclaimed indie character study or the next blockbuster thriller.
It helped establish the popular genre of the legal thriller and became a model for courtroom dramas.
It is part horror, part thriller, featuring a couple of hitmen on a mercenary killing spree.
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