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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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
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
And like any mystery show, any cliffhanging, nail-biting serial that catches our attention, we get invested, we hang on to an end that will either satisfy or disappoint us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
