hang in suspense

After a quiet Tuesday night, the future of the demonstrations—and the length of lockdown—seem to hang in suspense, but what’s clear is the quicker the country returns to peace, the quicker people will be able to return to some sense of normalcy.

For a moment the fate of Germany seemed to hang in suspense; but the public mind soon recovered from the shock it had received, and the most thoughtful of people realized that a young ruler, imbued with modern ideas, and with an individuality all his own, could not be expected to remain in harmony with or to be guided by a statesman who, however great and wise, was growing old and in a measure incapable of seeing a new light in affairs of internal policy.

Then there would be brief intervals of silence, in which the sounds of war seemed to hang in suspense; and it was those minutes which perhaps were most formidable and significant.

Our next business was to hang in suspense our hopes, and await the welcome sight of land ahead.

Ashman's heart seemed to stop beating and life itself hang in suspense, when he recognized the very being that had taken such full possession of his thoughts.