: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense
Examples of thriller in a Sentence
His latest novel is a political thriller.
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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Maybe that’s precisely why I was so drawn to Conclave, Edward Berger’s thriller/mystery about the selection of a new pope.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Best Christmas moments 2022: Denver won this exact matchup in an overtime thriller, 128-125.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Rasoulof’s story is harrowing, and the movie works as an urgent political thriller, a blunt domestic drama and a document of state brutality.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
There have been some memorable Boxing Day Test matches at the MCG, including one of the tightest-ever finishes in an Ashes thriller.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Best Christmas moments 2022: Denver won this exact matchup in an overtime thriller, 128-125.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriller. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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thriller
noun
thril·ler
ˈthril-ər 
: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama with a great deal of action, mystery, adventure, or suspense
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