brink
Example Sentences
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Suddenly, the half-empty carton of cream in the fridge, the berries on the brink of collapse and the hamburger buns lingering in the bread box stop looking like scraps and start looking like material.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
“It is a country on the brink of terminal crisis. People don’t know what’s going to happen next, and most have almost no hope that things will actually improve.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
A decline that sent the index to the brink of bear-market territory began a couple of weeks later.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Mary Stewart believes her beloved club is on the brink of joining the big leagues.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
My sister nearly “aged out” of our adjustment-of-status application when she was on the brink of turning twenty-one before our application was approved.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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