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Definition of Cliff-hanging
1. Adjective. (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliff-hanging
Literary usage of Cliff-hanging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical by Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle (1860)
"... as a glacier of the second order, which ends in an ice-cliff hanging high upon
the mountain-side, and kept from farther progress by daily melting. ..."
2. Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society by Bombay Geographical Society (1844)
"The gorge is about five miles in length ; the steep cliff's hanging over the
stream, with their limestone base covered with a thick coat of basalt; ..."
3. The Barren Ground of Northern Canada by Warburton Mayer Pike (1917)
"... and caused us to shift camp hurriedly to the lee-side of a steep cliff hanging
over the river. July loth was exceptionally hot in the morning, ..."
4. Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley (1890)
"... as a glacier of the second order, which ends in an ice- cliff hanging high up
on the mountain side, and kept from further progress by daily melting. ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"... of various foliage, called the cliff, hanging over the river, leads the eye
gradually to the ..."
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