thriller
a person or thing that thrills.
an exciting, suspenseful play or story, especially a mystery story.
Origin of thriller
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How to use thriller in a sentence
That’s what happened in the mind-bending1999 thriller The Matrix.
People are concerned about tech tinkering with our minds | Laura Sanders | February 11, 2021 | Science News For StudentsChristianna Brand suggests that six or seven suspects should be the limit, while Lionel Davidson recalls how he came to write his magnificent thriller, “The Rose of Tibet.”
When I find fiction too draining, I turn to books about books. They can be as thrilling as a whodunit. | Michael Dirda | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostIn The Dissident, Khashoggi’s story unfolds like a political thriller.
The Dissident Brings a Human Touch to the Story of Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi | Stephanie Zacharek | January 11, 2021 | TimeTennessee upended Baltimore’s storybook season in last year’s playoffs, and the Titans won an OT thriller when the two teams met in November.
Our Guide To The NFL’s Wide-Open Wild-Card Weekend | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | January 6, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhile the plot takes a darker turn into thriller territory, this read is ideal for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or dismissed in the workplace.
If the ongoing Hollywood scandal were a teen thriller from the 90s.
thriller author Patrick Oster was a reporter in Berlin when the wall came down 25 years ago.
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall | William O’Connor | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat prompted you to pick the fall of the Berlin Wall as the backdrop for your thriller?
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall | William O’Connor | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith thriller, we took 800 songs and whittled them down to nine.
Quincy Jones Talks Chicago’s Mean Streets, Why Kanye West Is No Michael Jackson, and Bieber | Marlow Stern | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe believed American audiences were ready for a thriller set in Africa.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It) | Todd Moss | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNowadays almost every fictionist of account produces one good thriller at least of this sort.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousIt happened the very next day, beginning with a circumstance which made Tom feel indeed like a hero in a cheap thriller.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. FitzhughSo for a number of years the parachute was little heard of, except as a “thriller” at country fairs.
The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard SmithBefore the week ended I had written another thriller and this, too, was accepted.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug | Joseph C. LincolnIf she only could write scenarios, what a thriller this would make!
Exit Betty | Grace Livingston Hill
British Dictionary definitions for thriller
/ (ˈθrɪlə) /
a book, film, play, etc, depicting crime, mystery, or espionage in an atmosphere of excitement and suspense
a person or thing that thrills
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for thriller
A suspenseful, sensational story or film: “Ken Follett writes best-selling spy thrillers.”
Notes for thriller
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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