How to Use over the edge in a Sentence
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His head spilled out over the edge.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
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Now that just might push me over the edge!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
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There was no real push over the edge.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
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That’s tipping some folks over the edge.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
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There comes a moment that sends some fans right over the edge.
—Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
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This new killing drove my mother and her friends over the edge.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
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The bed was too small for her frame, and her calves dangled over the edge.
—J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
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When baked, the eggs make the filling puff up and over the edge of the dish.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
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Winter rolled over to the far side of his bed and hung her legs over the edge.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
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They can be seen pushing a body over the edge of the building.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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What may have pushed her over the edge as alleged in the lawsuit?
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 12 June 2023
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Giving up on the season could’ve pushed things over the edge.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Lay your arm flat on a table or desk with your wrist hanging over the edge.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
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Allow pothos stems to trail over the edge of the pot or train the vines up a trellis.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
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The front of the bed has a panel that drops over the edge of the sofa like an apron.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Plants will spread to 2 feet wide and spill over the edge of containers.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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That comment and a smirk from Holly pushed her over the edge.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
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The final plague is the one that pushes Pharaoh over the edge.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Omg this was amazing and sent me over the edge several times.
—Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2023
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But the online reaction was what pushed me over the edge.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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Sit sideways next to a table with your wrist hanging over the edge.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
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The soldiers on the roof peer over the edge before heaving the body off.
—Julia Frankel and Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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So that pair, and then the Tkachuk brothers; that is what has put them over the edge.
—Emile Nuh, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Corbiere slipped and then tumbled over the edge and down into a ravine.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Apparently this is what sent him over the edge.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
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After years of build up, seeing their old pictures sent me over the edge.
—Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
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Teresa shifted forward a bit, so her toes peeked over the edge of the roof.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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Officials said in a statement that the man slipped and fell over the edge.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
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Before filling the sock, put it inside a tall cup and fold the tops over the edge.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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Is that what puts you over the edge – the drive to invent at a moment’s notice?
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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