Sentence examples for verge from inspiring English sources
noun
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
Walker and Jindal mounted sharp attacks on the Republican congressional leadership, who, they warned, are on the verge of backing down in a high-stakes play on Capitol Hill to block immigration reform.
There had been codebreakers before these two, but their work was on the verge of a technological revolution that is still going on today.
Back in 2013 Cyprus tried to secure Russian financial aid as the island's capital Nicosia watched its banking system teeter on the verge of collapse.
Here were suppurating sticks of greasepaint in shades nine and five (when applied together in a thick orange paste they were supposed to give a "fleshy" tone to skin but in fact made everyone on stage look as if they were on the verge of a thrombosis); dried-up tubs of cold cream; rotting sponges with thriving colonies of bacteria.
The regime was on the verge of collapse.
All of this is propelled by a staggering rhythm that sounds like it's on the verge of packing up.
Some of his stuff may verge on the laddish and un-PC, but there's something fundamentally nerdy and awkward about Darby that means the harsh edges never quite hit home.
Thirteen were needed from Streak's final over and, when Knight thrashed his third ball over deep-square for six, England were on the verge of a momentous victory.
Noble, meanwhile, was on the verge of international recognition.
"It shows that the Liberal Democrats, like the Labour party, have appreciated we are on the verge of the 21st century and are prepared to put women candidates forward for senior political positions".
A morning session wondered if vaping was on the verge of driving cigarettes off supermarket shelves.
