CLIFF in a Sentence
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73 example sentences for CLIFF, such as:
1. He fell off the edge of the cliff.
2. He stood on the edge of the cliff.
3. At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
4. She walked almost to the edge of the cliff.
5. It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff.
2. He stood on the edge of the cliff.
3. At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
4. She walked almost to the edge of the cliff.
5. It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CLIFF
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cliff
n. a steep high face of rock
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 She wants to take him up to the seat on the churchyard cliff and show him the beauty of Whitby.
2 The wind had by this time backed to the east, and there was a shudder amongst the watchers on the cliff as they realized the terrible danger in which she now was.
3 I was waked by the flapping at the window, which had begun after that sleep-walking on the cliff at Whitby when Mina saved me, and which now I know so well.
4 That habit came back to the poor dear, and that awful night on the cliff must have made her ill.
5 A rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned-up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others, with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity.
6 A heavy and dull detonation shook the ground, a puff of smoke came out of the cliff, and that was all.
7 The cliff was not in the way or anything; but this objectless blasting was all the work going on.
8 Another report from the cliff made me think suddenly of that ship of war I had seen firing into a continent.
9 Another mine on the cliff went off, followed by a slight shudder of the soil under my feet.
10 On another occasion, as Drebber passed under a cliff a great boulder crashed down on him, and he only escaped a terrible death by throwing himself upon his face.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
11 The face which was turned towards us formed a dark cliff, with ferns and brambles growing in its niches.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
12 The cliff is so high that to climb it all was an obvious impossibility, and it was equally impossible to make my way along the wet path without leaving some tracks.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
13 He had waited, and then making his way round to the top of the cliff, he had endeavoured to succeed where his comrade had failed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
14 Again I saw that grim face look over the cliff, and I knew that it was the precursor of another stone.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
15 The vast barricade spread out like a cliff against which the strategy of the African generals dashed itself.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 People neeed some courage in life, just like climbing a cliff.
2 The athlete broke an arm while climbing a cliff.
3 At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
4 When he fell from the cliff, he beat his brains out.
5 From his position on the cliff top, he had a good view of the harbour.
6 I hauled upon his hand and made him off the cliff.
7 It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff.
8 He held on to the rope, and slipped down the cliff slowly.
9 She looked over the cliff and found she was standing at the edge of a vertical drop.
10 He stood on the edge of the cliff.
11 Erosion has left the house perched on the very edge of the cliff.
12 He fell off the edge of the cliff.
13 The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
14 She walked almost to the edge of the cliff.
15 She was frightened to death when she saw her small daughter on the edge of the cliff.