be on the edge
Example Sentences
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Savvy investors should be on the edge of their seats.
From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025
That when that final envelope was opened, we’d be on the edge of our seats... or at the very least not completely numbed to the inevitability of the winners.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
For them to occur in the UK we need to be on the edge of an area of high pressure, with a brisk wind blowing at a right angle to a hill or mountain range.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Everyone who works in a school seems to be on the edge, including staff members who disinfect the buildings and administrators on the front lines.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
Only one of the palace’s towers still stood, and even that one looked to be on the edge of collapse.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
