Verbs for Suspense

—abates; —agonizes: —embarasses; —relaxes; —rends; —shakers; — strains; —subsides; —taxes; —tenses; — wanes; allay—; alleviate—; bear—; cower in—; ease—; face—; flinch at—; heighten—; intensify—; lessen—; maintain—; mitigate—; moderate—; palliate—; preserve—; relinquish—; survive—; sustain—; swoon in—; withdraw—; —weighs upon.