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US
/ˈkɫɪfˌhæŋɝ/
]
[ UK /klˈɪfhæŋɐ/ ]
[ UK /klˈɪfhæŋɐ/ ]
NOUN
- an episode that ends in suspense
- a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
How To Use cliffhanger In A Sentence
- In the last cliffhanger, downstairs lover Tony Head was caught sharing his Gold Blend nightcap with a mystery lady.
- America is set for a real cliffhanger. Times, Sunday Times
- Each episode ends on a cliffhanger which means you have to keep right on going. The Sun
- New York made it to the National League Championship Series as a Wild Card team last October, losing a cliffhanger series to the Atlanta Braves.
- Honest serials play fair with these cliffhangers, putting the hero into danger and giving the audience a week to sweat over how he will escape the peril.
- Many of Hitchcock's films are real cliffhangers.
- Ok, you were probably expecting this chapter to take place right after the first one and for the little cliffhanger ending of the first chapter to be resolved.
- Complications arise during the surgery, but a cliffhanger ending leads the audience to wonder if Dr. Brown has managed a second miracle.
- Most rewarding are seemingly unrelated stories, like Toby's impending fatherhood, that end up having a poignant payoff within the cliffhanger ending of the season.
- The doc says that there's a problem just so we can get that faux - dramatic cliffhanger before the commercials.
