How to Use brink in a Sentence

brink

noun

• The primary health care system is on the brink of collapse.
  — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2021
• The primary health-care system is on the brink of collapse.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• Thankfully, Trump’s advisors pulled him back from the brink.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• The two will allow an unsuspected solidarity to emerge when Patagonia’s cruel winter finds one of them on the brink of death.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2021
• The only disappointment is that Dimsdale takes us to the brink of this argument without fully developing it.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
• As listeners, there’s a natural concern for Malcolm, but there’s also a natural attraction to such brink-of-life music.
  — Donna-Claire Chesman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
• The Dodgers managed just five hits during a 1-0 loss in Game 3 — the second time they were shut out in this series — to reach the brink of elimination.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 13 Oct. 2021
• The tea party class of Republicans a decade ago brought the nation to the brink of default over the issue and set a new GOP strategy.
  — Lisa Mascaro, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• The home-testing supply crunch comes at a pivotal time: As the economy rebounds from pandemic malaise, the nation could be on the brink of what health officials say could be a harsh flu season.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2021
• Still, markets have reacted negatively to the larger symbolism of Evergrande being forced to the brink of default.
  — Eswar Prasad, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2021
• Virgin Galactic shares jumped on news that the company can resume flights to the brink of space after changing its policies for communicating with regulators.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Even on the brink of 80, the pagan child was alive and well.
  — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• There was the Heat’s 35-point win that pushed them to the brink of a series win.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 May 2022
• And Chavez, whom Trevante finds, is on the brink of death.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
• But the war in Ukraine pushed Sri Lanka closer to the brink.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022
• The Sox were on the brink of being swept and going 4-5 on this road trip.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022
• The car was only 50 yards from the brink of the American Falls.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2021
• Once again, this time in the ninth inning, the Tigers were on the brink of destruction.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2022
• This is what a city on the brink of running out of water looks like.
  — René Marsh, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
• Piers’ return pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022
• The pleading tears of her 19-year-old sister helped pull her back from the brink.
  — Akilah Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2021
• One is the metabolic disease that had brought Colton to the brink of death.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• But Janine is at the brink of landing on what her style is.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Mar. 2022
• That’s code for stop driving people who are on the brink.
  — Dede Henley, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• Aliyu has lost nine colleagues and said he was even pushed to the brink himself.
  — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2021
• All of which has led Austin and the Roadrunners to the brink of history.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• Tens of millions of people in Africa are on the brink of severe hunger and famine.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 June 2022
• But he is brought back from the brink by hammering on the door of his apartment.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Dec. 2022
• Many more companies are teetering on the financial brink.
  — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
• Profligate spending and overly bullish fund-raising projections put the campaign on the financial brink after only two months.
  — Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024