brink on

Example Sentences

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Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

And then consider that Tuscarora took the Bulldogs to the brink on Friday in a 14-13 scare Stone Bridge pulled out on the back of its defense.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2017

Analysts point out that the government has neared the brink on reaching crucial financial agreements in the past without marketwide collapse.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2011

"The Active!—that betokens news," observed Bluewater, thoughtfully—for the march of events, at that moment, must necessarily brink on a crisis in his own career.

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

It cannot be: a brief told moment past, I marked beyond the brink, on the dim wood, The shadow waving.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John