Sentence examples for over a brink from inspiring English sources

The sense is of stepping out over a brink.

She also takes ever greater risks in basic transfers of weight, stepping from one foot onto the other with astounding lunges as if over a brink.

It often used to feel as if the dancers were stepping fearlessly out over a brink, and it was thrilling to behold.

Namely: the contrast between tightly closed and stretched open positions; the foot's fully articulate rise onto point; the cool step off-balance as if over a brink (so hard for Europeans to do); the glowing presentation of a leg stretched from hip to toe.

They suggest a city suspended, isolated and looming over a brink.

Repeated exposure may lower the cholinesterase level until an individual reaches the brink of acute poisoning — a brink over which he may be pushed by a very small additional exposure.

In January 1998, Mafia member Ralph Guarino, who had gained maintenance access to the World Trade Center, arranged a three-man crew for a heist that netted over $2 million from a Brinks delivery to the eleventh floor of the World Trade Center.

There are some fine performances, especially from Mark Webber as a lost boy pushed over the brink by a loveless home and a stultifying milieu, but, like "The Shape of Things," the play tends to meander.

If the conditions are just right (or wrong), a tap can push a system over the brink.

From relatives, friends and neighbors, a portrait emerged of Mr. Stack as a man pushed over the brink by retirement dreams deferred by a long series of financial setbacks.

It is a pleasant scene, although you might have chosen not to find your left-hand wheels spinning vainly over the brink of a ravine.