Examples of cliff in a Sentence
Standing at the edge of the cliff, we watched the waves crash on the shore far below.
rock climbers scaling steep cliffs
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Pigeons also adapted in response to human development, nesting on skyscrapers instead of on cliff faces and expanding their range alongside people.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
Over the franchise's 30-year span, Cruise has done everything from dangling from a wire in Mission: Impossible to motorcycling off a cliff in Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 25 May 2025
Sirens opens on the majestic image of Julianne Moore, resplendent in white silk, striding barefoot through a forest to a beachside cliff.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Colorado’s waterfalls are summer showstoppers tucked into canyons, tumbling over cliffs, or splashing into hidden swimming holes.
—Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
Over the franchise's 30-year span, Cruise has done everything from dangling from a wire in Mission: Impossible to motorcycling off a cliff in Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 25 May 2025
Sirens opens on the majestic image of Julianne Moore, resplendent in white silk, striding barefoot through a forest to a beachside cliff.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Related: 4 epic waterfall road trip itineraries in Colorado
Colorado’s waterfalls are summer showstoppers tucked into canyons, tumbling over cliffs, or splashing into hidden swimming holes.
—Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cliff
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“Cliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cliff. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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cliff
noun
: a high steep surface of rock, earth, or ice
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