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heart-stopping

ADJECTIVE
breathtaking
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amazing astonishing exciting hair-raising impressive magnificent stunning thrilling
WEAK
awe-inspiring drop-dead heart-stirring moving overwhelming spine-tingling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
boring ugly
WEAK
disgusting

Example Sentences

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It was a heart-stopping moment for the couple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Thousands flocked to the city of Weimar for a recent festival that celebrated the linguistic tradition with workshops, cabaret performances and even heart-stopping circus acrobatics.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

It’s both heart-stopping and frighteningly believable, a tale of desire and destruction that will go down as the definitive take on the vampire for this generation.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

After a few distant sightings, we have a heart-stopping close encounter.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

She dropped a few heart-stopping feet into a puddle.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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