Sentence examples for verge of finishing from inspiring English sources

The Braves are on the verge of finishing with a losing record for just the second time in 24 seasons.

Ms. Fujimori recalled that she was on the verge of finishing her master's degree in business at Columbia and planning on a comfortable life in New York.

He was on the verge of finishing his four-year enlistment and was ready to go to college when he learned that he was going to Kuwait.

I am now on the verge of finishing the revision process of the Immigrants, Refugees, and Languages spoken brief and have therefore been tasked with the new project of creating my own brief which defines immigrants, refugees, and asylees, including processes they have to go through in order to receive a green card, citizenship, etc. Kinda boring right?

Mr. Persico, whom the authorities describe as the acting boss of the Colombo crime family, was on the verge of finishing a 15-month Florida prison term on Jan . 24when he was suddenly hit with loan-sharking charges in New York only hours before his release.

Lawlor appears on the verge of finishing the fight but Anderson hangs on and eventually fires back.

She was on the verge of nervous exhaustion when she finished.

Yarnold stands on the verge of winning gold after she finished the first day of competition at the Sanki Sliding Centre with a lead of almost half a second over her nearest rival, the American Noelle Pikus-Pace.

Froome is also on the verge of history - no Briton has finished on the Tour podium in 98 previous editions, with Wiggins' 2009 fourth place equalling Robert Millar's 1984 best.

In one fight I've gone from being the underdog, finished, on the verge of retirement to the cream of the crop, the main man.

The Championship side stood on the verge of a famous result after Fernando Forestieri finished from Troy Deeney's flick, and Deeney added another for the visitors before half-time.