Showing Results for "cliff-hanger"

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

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With that series ending on a cliff hanger, audiences will be keen to see how events are resolved in 2021.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2020

But fans were desperate to talk about last season's cliff hanger which saw Sheldon propose to Amy.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2017

When Julian Clark of London took out a half-page ad in The Seattle Times asking for his girlfriend’s hand in marriage last month, it wasn’t really a cliff hanger.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2017

Choosing to ignore my doppelgänger, he settled on a political reporter as the camera frame froze in a cliff hanger to that season’s finale.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2016

Promotional artwork for season five seems to show a grizzlier Rick than we’ve seen before and, thus, probably some payout on the cliff hanger ending.

From Time • Oct. 10, 2014

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