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edge

noun as in advantage

verb as in border, trim

verb as in defeat narrowly

verb as in sharpen

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Example Sentences

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.

The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.

Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.

Another man chimes in: “Today we are living at the edge of suffering.”

After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.

He was hurrying towards the corner of the palace grounds when a shriek from Winifred set his teeth on edge.

The first man my eyes lighted upon as I stepped inside was MacRae, humped disconsolately on the edge of a bunk.

Squinty turned around, standing on the edge of the little brook, and waited, his heart beating faster and faster.

Feeling sixteen and very foolish, she sank to the edge of a chair and muttered something about the charm of the room.

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On this page you'll find 182 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to edge, such as: boundary, brink, corner, end, fringe, and line.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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