on the brink
Example Sentences
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As a woman tells Mew, “the planet teeters on the brink of an appalling and irreversible alteration.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The film imagines a world on the brink of a revelation: proof that non-human intelligence exists and has been hidden in plain sight.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Market breadth is poor and breadth oscillators are on the brink of sell signals.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“Apple may be on the brink of some real AI sizzle,” Reitzes said in a note published Tuesday.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
I tell her all about the day and what happened, and by the time we are finished, she is on the brink of sleeping, so that’s probably around eleven-fifteen.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
