Sentence examples for is verging on collapse from inspiring English sources

Cyprus, whose banking system is verging on collapse, is now the fifth nation in the 17-member euro union to seek financial assistance since the crisis broke out three years ago.

Norio Ohga, chairman of the Sony Corporation, one of the strongest Japanese companies, said the economy was verging on collapse.

The internationally backed Libyan government the European Union is dealing with has barely a toehold in the fragmented, violence-plagued country, and may even be verging on collapse.

The Bruce resistance to Balliol may have been verging on collapse in 1335 but a turn-round in its fortunes began with the appearance of Sir Andrew Murray of Bothwell as a potent war leader at the Battle of Culblean.

The year: Stock fell 83% from its peak, hit bottom last November amid reports Softbank was on verge of collapse.

"The problem with Georges Bank codfish is that it is a resource that is on the verge of collapse.

Iraq is a country that is on the verge of collapse.

But looks can be deceiving: Until recently, the picturesque occupation beloved by "people from away," as summer residents are called, was on the verge of collapse.

They believed that its premise — that Mr. Assad's government was on the verge of collapse — was becoming outdated.

Their season is on the verge of collapse, partly because their defense is porous.

"[Experts will] say emphatic sounding things, like the Eurozone is on the verge of collapse, but they'll say 'The Eurozone may well be on the verge of collapse' — there's no certainty, and there's no date.