Sentence examples for it is on the brink of from inspiring English sources
As Iran presses ahead with its nuclear program, it is on the brink of a potentially deadly confrontation with the outside world.
For more than a decade the Barnes has been sinking into ever-increasing financial trouble, and its directors say it is on the brink of bankruptcy.
It is on the brink of one of history's strangest nationalist revolutions.
If the United States economy is not already in recession, it is on the brink of its first downturn in a decade.
If a club thinks it is on the brink of contention and its immediate rivals are on the downswing, it can "go all in" and swap a bunch of future draft picks for a star on a struggling franchise; conversely, a team that sees its window of opportunity closing can hold a "fire sale" and hope to rebuild in two years rather than five or six.
One never sees a species in its entirety as a separate, cohesive unit (unless it is on the brink of extinction and composed of so few organisms that they can all be seen at once).
Yet it was on the brink of insolvency.
It was on the brink of collapse and came back.
Chicago is on the brink of elimination.
Europe is on the brink of recession.
Germany is on the brink of recession.
