Collocations for suspense - noun

heart-pounding, nail-biting, unbearable

keep sb in
Don''t keep us in suspense - did you get the job or not?

break
Don''t look at the end of the book yet - you''ll break the suspense.

build (up), create | bear
She couldn''t bear the suspense a moment longer.

be killing sb
(informal) I don''t get the results till next week, and the suspense is killing me.

story

~ about
They were kept in suspense about their possibility of joining the expedition for several weeks.

an agony of suspense
I suffered agonies of suspense in silence.

a state of suspense