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How to use cliff in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Cliff means a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. Example: “They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.”

More sentences with cliff

  • They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.From the entry at
  • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.From the entry fan
  • I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.From the entry grab
  • The car rolled to the edge of the cliff and went straight over.From the entry over
  • The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.From the entry poise
  • Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.From the entry outlook
  • Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?From the entry blow up
  • The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.From the entry projection
  • The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.From the entry daylight
  • You can’t just follow someone off a cliff, especially when they lead you into bad decisions.From the entry follow someone off a cliff
  • Don’t be the kind of person who would follow someone off a cliff, always think for yourself.From the entry follow someone off a cliff
  • I sat at the top of the cliff and played out the rope as she descended.From the entry play out
  • The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks.From the entry fontinal
  • She walked along the cliff edge, focusing on ignoring the l'appel du vide calling her to leap.From the entry l'appel du vide
  • Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.From the entry boom
  • The face of the cliff loomed above them.From the entry face
  • The face of the cliff is solid rock.From the entry rock
  • Just ahead you can see the cliffs.From the entry ahead
  • The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.From the entry totter
  • The car drove straight over the edge of the cliff.From the entry over
  • A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.From the entry kite
  • The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.From the entry erode
  • When I tripped so close to the edge of the cliff, I felt chills across my whole body.From the entry chills
  • The monastery perched on an exposed cliff.From the entry exposed
  • Get away from the edge of the cliff!From the entry get away
  • An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.From the entry jato
  • A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.From the entry break away
  • A chunk of rock broke off from the cliff face.From the entry break off
  • Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.From the entry gay
  • I could see no way to climb the ledgeless cliff.From the entry ledgeless
  • He slithers like a limbo dancer under alder thickets girding the cliff faces.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic. From the entry gird
  • Your vagueposts for engagement make me want to jump off a cliff.2025 March 19, @MWmtGiant, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025. From the entry vaguepost
  • On to that financial setup, forever teetering on a cliff edge, drop two parking tickets.2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The…. From the entry ostrich-like
  • So I followed my friends and jumped off the cliff: I bought a Juul.2023 January 10, Alyx Gorman, “Vaping transformed me into a nicotine fiend. Quitting has been a year-long project”, in The Guardian…. From the entry Juul
  • In marine areas (sea cliffs), even stainless steel bolts and hangers corrode rapidly.2021, John Long, Bob Gaines, Rock Climbing: The Art of Safe Ascent, page 118. From the entry hanger
  • The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179. From the entry coltsfoot
  • It's popular now, sure, but its popularity will fall off a cliff at some point.2016 July 15, HarpingOn [username], “Re: This Pokeymans Gone thing”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet). From the entry fall off a cliff
  • Both Ben and Karl had to climb down sheer cliffs when they worked as auxiliary coastguards.2016, Gavin Knight, chapter 6, in The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall’s Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast, London: Vintage…. From the entry St Juster
  • But that's the cliff notes of what faces us once we find Sanderson.2014, CP Moore, Legacy of the Gods, CP Moore, →ISBN. From the entry cliff notes
  • Just past the house lay the river, curled against the base of the cliffs.2014, John Keeble, Broken Ground, page 90. From the entry ranchstead

Meaning of cliff

  1. noun A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
  2. noun A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.

Full definition of cliff

Questions about cliff in a sentence

How do you use cliff in a sentence?
Cliff is used as a noun. For example: “They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.”
What is a short sentence with cliff?
“Just ahead you can see the cliffs.”
What does cliff mean?
Cliff means a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cliff (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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