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cliff-hanger

NOUN
fiction
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best seller book drama fable fantasy imagination legend myth narrative novel tale yarn
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anecdote clothesline concoction crock fabrication falsehood fancy fib hooey improvisation invention lie misrepresentation potboiler prevarication romance smoke untruth whopper
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figment of imagination fish story storytelling tall story terminological inexactitude work of imagination
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nonfiction reality truth
NOUN
novel
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fiction narrative novella paperback prose story tale yarn
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novelette potboiler romance
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best-seller
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nonfiction truth
NOUN
problem
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bugaboo conundrum enigma example grabber illustration intricacy mystery poser puzzler query riddle stickler stumper teaser twister
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brainteaser mind-boggler sixty-four thousand dollar question
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good situation solution
NOUN
suspense
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anxiety apprehension confusion doubt insecurity tension thriller uncertainty
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chiller dilemma eagerness expectancy expectation grabber hesitancy hesitation impatience indecision indecisiveness irresolution perplexity potboiler wavering
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cloak-and-dagger page-turner
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calmness certainty composure ease peace
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knowledge

Example Sentences

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“This season left off on a cliff-hanger halfway through, unexpectedly,” she said.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Discovery looks like it may have a cliff-hanger ending after all.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

What is not clear, is how this follows on from the proposal cliff-hanger at the end of 2019 Christmas special, which was watched by 18.5 million people, more than a quarter of the UK population.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

It returned in 2019 for a Christmas special that ended on a cliff-hanger when Nessa got down on one knee to propose to Smithy.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

I thought it would be a good cliff-hanger, but maybe my pen pal doesn’t agree.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish