Example Sentences

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“Terry gone need a brinks truck,” Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves tweeted shortly after Kirk’s deal.

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2022

This week, talks are on the brinks of collapse, the British government may be breaking the law, and terrifying deadlines are looming.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2020

Speaking of brinks, Oregon seemed to find one hurriedly.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

No one else could have moved Sierra Leone from the brinks of collapse to the threshold of prosperity with the time Pa Kabba did.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2014

The chapel burying-ground brinks upon the river, and when the shades of night have descended over it, he brings his boat alongside.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne