Example Sentences

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Earlier this month, a coastal storm that passed New Jersey far out to sea still caused major damage to some beaches by eroding them into steep clifflike drop-offs.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2019

The ski cross is a mad dash over clifflike jumps, around hairpin turns, through gullies and down steep slopes.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2014

Then came the rise of Riverside South, also known as Trump Place, the clifflike row of buildings that stands sentinel along the West Side Highway from 59th Street to where Mr. Siegler lives.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2013

As the Eagle heeled over, "six-inch shells, each weighing 100 lb., tore loose from their brackets and bumped down the clifflike deck."

From Time Magazine Archive

Through the murk ahead, he could just see four huge chimneys on the southern bank, rising from each corner of a great clifflike building.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman