adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And a brake system that's anything but heart-stopping .
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Few things are as instantly heart-stopping to a computer user as the time when his machine starts to behave erratically.
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He held her - just for one heart-stopping , breathtaking moment.
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I need to summon my courage for its wild, exhilarating, heart-stopping ride.
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Seven came back quite close together, then there was a heart-stopping silence which went on and on.
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Terrified that he would guess her wanton reaction to the heart-stopping touch of his hand, Isabel jerked her head away.
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There were some heart-stopping moments in the Town goalmouth, but they survived and nearly ran off with a win.