brink
Example Sentences
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It imagines a world on the brink of the revelation of proof that non-human intelligence exists and has been hidden in plain sight.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
“You simply must try the lobster ravioli, darling, it tastes even better on the brink of global collapse.”
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
But Brink, 24, is not on the brink of bust territory, no.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Those hunting traditions continued until the late 1800s, when overhunting drove bison populations to the brink of extinction.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realise.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing brink
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