Emotions & feelings
suspended in time
seeming outside ordinary time
If a moment seems suspended in time, it feels as though normal time has stopped for a while.
Hear it in real life
What did you remember most about the ceremony?
The final song made everything feel suspended in time.
For a few seconds after the music stopped, the whole room felt suspended in time.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: For a moment, everything felt suspended in the time.
Say: For a moment, everything felt suspended in time.
This expression uses "in time" without an article before "time."
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How it fits in a sentence.
seem suspended in time; be suspended in time
Your turn: say it out loud
For a few seconds after the music stopped, the whole room felt suspended in time.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
suspended in time
seeming outside ordinary time
“For a few seconds after the music stopped, the whole room felt suspended in time.”
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