How to Use cliff in a Sentence

cliff

noun
  • Standing at the edge of the cliff, we watched the waves crash on the shore far below.
  • This is the view from the glass cliff.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • When the share price goes off, falls off the cliff.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • The pitch atop a cliff was perfect.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also a fear of the cliff.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That cliff scene was my first ever stunt.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The two have washed ashore next to a giant cliff.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • While standing on rocks at the edge of a cliff.
    — Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Its force snapped some dead limbs from trees that grew on top of the cliff.
    — Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
  • No word yet on if there’s a new body-dumping cliff.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The fear of a man with a single foot over a cliff edge.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Down low is slick rock desert with narrow canyons and steep cliffs.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But John was jumping off a cliff.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And the cliffs that are hitting now are even bigger.
    — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The big cliff in the lottery seems to be after the top four.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • But pay fell off a cliff along with unionization rates.
    — Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
  • The crowd responds by trying to throw him off a cliff.
    — John Fugelsang september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • After all, the offense didn’t fall off a cliff.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The sport is headed toward a cliff.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
  • The 18-wheeler has, once again, gone over the cliff.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The geckos weren’t confined to the cliff faces alone.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The cliffs jut out and the lagoon funnels the fog to the trees.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Further on, a rope blocked one of the stairways up to the cliff.
    — Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • There's a lovely trail along the cliffs that connects to the beach.
    — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • Been falling off a cliff while trying to grow wings at the same time.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Dipak would pull me to safety when a yak tried to nudge me off a cliff.
    — Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
  • Cross-border travel fell off a cliff.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Last season, his defense fell off a cliff, but the team stuck by him.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The next day her car was found with its wheels overhanging the edge of a cliff.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Or, enjoy the scenery from offshore on a boat ride around the white cliffs.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026

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