brink on

Example Sentences

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Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

And then consider that Tuscarora took the Bulldogs to the brink on Friday in a 14-13 scare Stone Bridge pulled out on the back of its defense.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2017

Analysts point out that the government has neared the brink on reaching crucial financial agreements in the past without marketwide collapse.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2011

This fair girl, against whom we were all conspiring like so many traitors, was still ignorant of the fatal brink on which she stood.

From Castles in the Air by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

When we sit together by the river brink on sunny days, or on the greensward under the yews in our old garden, we are always telling ancient Celtic romances, and planning, even acting, new ones.

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith