cliffhanging
- a variation of cliff-hanging.
- a word derived from cliffhanger.
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
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
This comic counterbalance to all those cliffhanging traumatic moments, all the lives brought to ruination by J.R.’s machinations, is part of an underlying cheekiness that runs throughout the series.
From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020
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
