Sentence examples for a brink of from inspiring English sources

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a limit of

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The phrase "a brink of" is not correct in standard English; the correct expression is "the brink of." You can use "the brink of" to describe being on the edge or verge of something, often used in contexts of danger or significant change.

Example: "The company is on the brink of bankruptcy if they do not secure additional funding."
Alternatives: "the edge of" or "the verge of."

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"The airline sector is broadly at a brink of financial disaster," said Kapil Kaul, the South Asia chief executive at the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation.

The New York Times

"I was nearing a brink of exhaustion but wanted to push through the set," she recalls.

Vice

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A 2-liter 4-cylinder, turbocharged to a brink-of-disaster 17.9 p.s.i. of boost.

The New York Times

His victories at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness have generated a brink-of-victory frenzy the Philadelphia area knows all too well.

The New York Times

It evokes the 1970s and its mildewed economic turmoil right down to a concluding (and overly on-the-nose) quote from a brink-of-power Margaret Thatcher at the close.

The Guardian - Film

"We are at a brink [of] a new age of animal breeding".

Science Magazine

The film itself is a haunting brink-of-war drama.

The New York Times

But it incorrectly paints a picture of a village on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

The New York Times

"The situation is at an irreversible brink of war," the North Korean Foreign Ministry said Friday.

The New York Times

One of them, his serious mask, suggests a surgeon or a dentist on the brink of making a brilliant diagnosis.

The New Yorker

Trump's address evoked a nation on the brink of an abyss.

The New Yorker

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