clift
noun
clift
1 American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
South Midland U.S.
Clift
2
American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clift
1350–1400; Middle English, alteration of cliff (perhaps by influence of cleft 1 )
Example Sentences
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And down his hand he launched to the clift,* *cleft In hope for to finde there a gift.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
The harebells growed on the very edge of the fust clift, and a little way down the face of it, and looked mighty pooty a-floating in the wind.
From Outpost by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
O, I could long like thy cold icicles Freeze, freeze, and hang upon the frosty clift And not complain, so I might melt at last In the warm summer sun, as thou wilt do!
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
“I will go up to the clift, and try if I can make her out;” and the parties separated upon their mutual work of sympathy and good will.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand while I pass by: 23.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
That 1948 John Wayne-Montgomery Clift drama, a Shakespearean clash of personalities on an epic cattle drive from Texas to Missouri, was a Hawks masterpiece and the greatest western of the Hollywood Golden Age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Written and directed by comedian Joey Clift, this delightful short trains a humorous lens on a young boy named Jake who attends his first powwow when he’d much rather just play video games.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
And I instantly thought of Montgomery Clift, in “The Heiress” specifically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Dexter Clift, better known as River Medway, competed on the third series of Drag Race UK and went on to perform with The Vivienne in various projects including shows and music videos.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Her father was light-skinned and movie-star handsome, like Montgomery Clift and Harry Belafonte rolled into one.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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