brink
noun
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
brinks
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pluralof brink.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
But these maniacs, these geneticists, these people are literally pushing the plant to the upper brinks.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2021
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
Soon the dense forests that stretched down to the river brinks fell beneath the axe of these home-seekers, and small farms and great plantations fringed the borders of the streams.
From In Ancient Albemarle by Mabel Pugh
