Words similar to on-the-verge-of-death

Example sentences for: on-the-verge-of-death

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The practice is common enough that a medical ethicist didn't raise eyebrows at the hospital where I completed my internship when he surveyed residents about how many had placed central lines into comatose or on-the-verge-of-death patients.