cliff-hanging

Example Sentences

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Since then, she’s largely receded from Washington’s daily doings and the cliff-hanging drama that’s surrounded the fight over the president’s agenda.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Echo Summit, a mountain pass where cliff-hanging U.S.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2021

They contain no character development, B-plots, or meaty details and seem primarily designed to showcase some canonical Star Wars character or gear, while killing time before setting up the cliff-hanging finale.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019

France also came within a whisker of preventing New Zealand from finally lifting the World Cup trophy in 2011, losing 8-7 to the All Blacks in a cliff-hanging final.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2019

They just seemed to stop talking at some awkward, cliff-hanging moment and then Mom would attend to washing the dishes and Dad would silently read the newspaper.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos