Sentence examples for brink on a from inspiring English sources

A Believer on the Brink On a clangorous Manhattan sidewalk, Elliott Wilson stopped to study the bootleg rap tapes splayed on a street vendor's blanket.

Drogba, a 34-year-old striker from Ivory Coast, brought Chelsea back from the brink on a goal with just two minutes remaining in regulation to tie the score at 1-1.

Blum gets at all this, but in focusing so much on Burns, who became a national hero and a future director of the Bureau of Investigation (which later became the FBI), he shortchanges some of the subtler narratives, particularly the one about how capitalism won a mighty prize: Los Angeles, which, incredible as it now seems, really did briefly teeter on the brink on a definitive leftward turn.

The Lakers, meanwhile, are teetering on the brink of a flop, writes Chris Broussard on ESPN.com.

Yet there is little hint that the opposition is on the brink of a crushing election victory on December 4th.

Two injuries, one missed penalty and on the brink of a rare league defeat.

Trade negotiators meeting on the island say they are on the brink of a deal.

Are we on the brink of a new global crisis?

We're on the Brink of a Major Environmental Disaster.

Nor is Turkey really on the brink of a revolution.

A trembling giant on the brink of a deep abyss".