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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Its distinctive profile evocative of stone cliffs, featuring a jagged outline set with diamonds serving as a metaphor for resilience, soon caught the eye of friends and would-be clients.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
In the distance, sandstone cliffs, as imposing as the outcroppings in a John Ford Western, loom over the unruly bacchanal—and over Luis and Esteban’s urgent search—with monumental indifference.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Visually, the game looks nice — with sprawling vistas in the distance when looking beyond the edge of the cliffs and little particle effects filling the air.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
From flaming surfaces to raging storms, and colossal cliffs to icy fissures, each of these locations has a unique hazard.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
In the distance, sandstone cliffs, as imposing as the outcroppings in a John Ford Western, loom over the unruly bacchanal—and over Luis and Esteban’s urgent search—with monumental indifference.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Visually, the game looks nice — with sprawling vistas in the distance when looking beyond the edge of the cliffs and little particle effects filling the air.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
From flaming surfaces to raging storms, and colossal cliffs to icy fissures, each of these locations has a unique hazard.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 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 16 Nov. 2025.
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cliff
noun
: a high steep surface of rock, earth, or ice
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