cliffhanger
Example Sentences
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Dhurandhar: The Revenge picks up from that cliffhanger, deepening a long-running Indian intelligence operation inside Karachi's criminal and political underworld.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The police body cam footage of her arrest serves as the “Mormon Wives” premiere’s cliffhanger.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Microdramas hew to an established formula, with each installment ending on a cliffhanger that pushes its often preposterous story line toward a final, usually shocking reveal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
There are some threads left loose along the way, to be tied up, or not, and a mysterious cliffhanger to be climbed back from, in the already scheduled second season.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
And each night Scheherazade weaves the tales together so that they always end on a cliffhanger.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing cliffhanger
Anything But Typical
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