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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Collins stood out for his storytelling chops, appearance and memorable delivery, which was rife with cliffhanging stops and starts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
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
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
The ending is slightly disturbing and a little sad, though one expects, or anyway hopes, it is merely a cliffhanging, probably a lengthy one, before the story continues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
“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
