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Example sentences for: brink

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The Post adds that, despite the wage gains and consumer confidence, the economy has slowed down, but still asserts that "few if any economists are worried that the nation is on the brink of a recession."
But aside from a few exceptions, the supply of genuinely offensive language has dwindled almost to nothing as the 20th century comes to an end; the currency of swearing has been inflated to the brink of worthlessness.
It was a part of humanity's desire to step back from the brink and cool the madness.
The foregoing is merely a sampling and by no means constitutes the full documentation of Skeat's clawing back from the brink of ignominy at having pinched another's work.
If the Spice Girls did not push us to the brink, nothing will."