Sentence examples for brink for from inspiring English sources

But Mr Brink, for one, seems adamant that such an approach has benefits beyond moral ones.

Turkey's relations with Russia have been on the brink for months.

The Saints have seemed like a team on the brink for a few seasons, but injuries undermined them last season.

"This simple fact would help prevent the escalation in weapons transfers which has now pushed Syria to the brink for the last year".

The state has been operating at the brink for years, notes Ingrid Reed of the Engleton Institute for Politics at Rutgers University.

"The intent is to pull them back from the brink for the foreseeable future and turn them over to normal management agencies.

Kasey Kahne entered last year's race at Richmond on the brink of qualifying for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Thank you for dragging our economy back from the brink of catastrophe, for believing in climate change like a normal person, for legalising gay marriage.

The fundraising, on which shareholders will vote next week, was a final hurdle for a company that has teetered on the brink of administration for much of the past year.

Still, this is a short-term fix for a long-term problem for a much-needed charity that has been teetering on the brink of closure for months.

The country had tottered on the brink of disintegration for three decades.