How to use "brink" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "brink" in popular movie and book plots

  • Harry Wyckoff is a successful patent attorney on the brink of becoming a partner in the conservative legal agency where he works.  - Wild Palms
  • he brink of collapse, Dirk Struan received a loan of silver from the merchant Jin-qua in exchange for a series of favors.  - The Asian Saga
  • The accident actually shocked the world from the brink of nuclear war.  - Shelter Skelter
  • The first thread is set in a 1998 ravaged by ecological disasters such as algal blooms and diebacks on the brink of large scale extinctions.  - Timescape
  • Journalists report that the world is on the brink of nuclear war.  - A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
  • However, when she inherited the club from her late husband, it was on the brink of bankruptcy.  - Major League (film)
  • Meeting Cortez and Father Raul in a Catholic cathedral, April is told that Arcadia is on the brink of war.  - The Longest Journey
  • Holmes has been tracking Moriarty and his agents for months and is on the brink of snaring them all and delivering them to the dock.  - The Final Problem
  • The Noble House was on the brink of financial collapse and about to be destroyed by rival Tyler Brock.  - Tai-Pan (novel)
  • Eddie and Emily have two daughters, are on the brink of divorce, and reunite with the couple who first introduced them.  - Altered States
  • When it opens, Atrus immediately links to Riven to investigate and meets the player at the brink of the Fissure.  - Riven
  • A group of policemen hunt Velutha down, savagely beat him for crossing caste lines, and arrest him on the brink of death.  - The God of Small Things
  • The Liontaur city of Tarna is on the brink of a war; the Simbani, the tribe of Uhura, are ready to do battle with the Leopardmen.  - Quest for Glory III: Wages of War
  • As a result, the two countries come to the brink of war.  - Duck Soup (1933 film)
  • Nathan outmanoeuvres them financially, bringing them to the brink of ruin and dishonour; they capitulate and surrender to him the entire loan.  - The House of Rothschild
  • The effects of this condition appear to be real, yet the Mole pulls through every time, always returning from the brink of death.  - Now Wait for Last Year

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