He looked over the edge of the cliff and knew he needed to find a different route. From LearnThat.org.
He stood on a high cliff overlooking the town. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
You cannot predict the cliff from the flatness of the plateau. From Wordnik.com. [March 29th, 2009] Reference
Then one night, I dreamed I stood on top of a mountain cliff, near the edge. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness.] Reference
Watching the Liberals follow their socialist leader off the political cliff is wonderful. From Wordnik.com. [Lieberman on party switch: 'All options are open'] Reference
The walls are curiously constructed of massive blocks of ice which terminate in cliff-like towers. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life] Reference
Watching a monkey drive a car off a cliff is "fascinating" too, but that doesn't mean I want to see that. From Wordnik.com. [Powell calls Palin a 'fascinating figure'] Reference
The shoulder of the mountain here consisted of a series of steep grass curves ending in short cliff jump-offs. From Wordnik.com. [The Killer] Reference
The first thing you should do when you are at the edge of a cliff is to recognize that you are at the edge of a cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Reframing Public Ignorance] Reference
A puppy flying off a cliff is “sick”, but American soldiers getting killed day in and day out is just “old news”. From Wordnik.com. [2008 March 04 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Pandorum avoids the cliff, which is an excellent thing. From Wordnik.com. [Filling the Well] Reference
Back from the cliff is a table-land several miles in width. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
Above the spring in the rock-facing of the cliff is a large cave. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
At the foot of the cliff was the precinct of Feronia, a Sabine goddess. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
"No, round the next shore, and up to the top of the cliff is our house.". From Wordnik.com. [By Berwen Banks] Reference
Breaking into those roles takes an empowering action called cliff jumping. From Wordnik.com. [Women With Disabilities: How To Become A Boat Rocker In Life:] Reference
Between where they stood and the summit of the cliff was another rock traverse. From Wordnik.com. [The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North] Reference
At the base of the cliff was a long and narrow pool, like a small dosed stream. From Wordnik.com. [Dwellers in the Mirage] Reference
Throwing Bunning off a cliff is a requirement if you really want to run this cycle well. From Wordnik.com. [Swing State Project] Reference
Southwest, especially that phase of pueblo life pertaining to the so-called cliff houses. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
What he said about being pushed over the cliff is a fearful thing to say even in delirium. From Wordnik.com. [The High Calling] Reference
Well, it was a conspiracy in the same way that lemmings rushing off a cliff is a conspiracy. From Wordnik.com. [Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!] Reference
And high up the cliff was a little shelf by a tree, whereon they clambered to pass the night. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Space and Time] Reference
There's continuation of what's happening but it's not exactly what I would call a cliff hanger. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
These ruins occur on the flat, next the cliff, which is seldom bayed and overhangs but slightly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
Hanging to the cliff were the few buildings of a small mine which sends out its ore by pack-pony. From Wordnik.com. [Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains] Reference
At the cliff was a steep wooden stairway, descending to a bathing tent dimly visible on the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
And right up there on the cliff was a big restaurant where you could get anything you wanted to eat. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Plague] Reference
He recalled the cliff and waterfall again, and then recollected something about talking to a passer-by. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
It so happened that half-way down the cliff, which is twelve fathoms high, there was a boy named Manaia. From Wordnik.com. [A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904] Reference
Sitting at the edge of the cliff is a solidly built wooden crate with a large impenetrable pad lock on the lid. From Wordnik.com. [Bicycle.net | Attitude is Everything] Reference
From afar, on the sides of a cliff, towers up a town; on the summit of the cliff are the white walls of a temple. From Wordnik.com. [The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt] Reference
But there is no rule yet against cashing all of it in at that point -- what compensation experts call cliff-vesting. From Wordnik.com. [Pay Collars Won't Hold Back Wall Street's Big Dogs] Reference
In the face of the cliff is a cave that has been converted into a castle, a wall closes the mouth, and there is a tower. From Wordnik.com. [Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe] Reference
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