cliff-hanging
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger.
cliffhanging
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a variation of
cliff-hanging.
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a word derived from
cliffhanger.
cliffhangernouna melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
Example Sentences
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After several cliffhanging hours in which the lead traded hands several times, Davis prevailed by a mere 47% to 42%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
What could have been a bloody encounter – the cliffhanging arrival of Jaime Lannister, notorious killer of Daenerys’s father and longstanding plotter against the Starks – was done and dusted in the opening five minutes.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2019
The second half of “Promise” almost by definition loses the cliffhanging drama.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2018
To see photos of Quivira's cliffhanging fifth and sixth greens, one would expect this to be a mountainous golf course.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 11, 2018
“But the last few years we’ve put a premium on telling a story that’s really fun to watch week by week in a cliffhanging, serialized kind of way.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2012
