7 sentences with 'brink'

Example sentences and phrases with the word brink and other words derived from it.

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« Samantha Bowen was not yet five years old when she was on the brink of death. »
« When World War I began in 1914, the already fragile political balance within the Russian state teetered on the brink of collapse. »
« The result was to push the state to the brink of total bankruptcy, with no direct economic benefit to France from the American victory. »
« Diocletian not only managed to survive for twenty years after taking the throne, but also reorganised the empire and pulled it back from the brink. »
« On the brink of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in the last decades of the century, Britain was on the verge of becoming the world power. »
« The struggle dragged on for a decade as more European powers drew closer. Finally, with France teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and Louis himself old and infirm, the powers agreed to negotiate. »
« The main impact of the colonial wars between France and Britain in 18th century France was to push the state to the brink of bankruptcy - even as Britain financed its wars through the sale of official national bank bonds, the French state struggled to raise revenue. »

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