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

“It has to be on the edge of a road that isn’t too beat up, and people have to be able to see it from five or six feet away.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

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