How to Use teetering on the brink/edge of in a Sentence

teetering on the brink/edge of

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• Barnes grew up in the house now teetering on the edge of the riverbank.
  — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• The Arizona deserts may be teetering on the edge of a superbloom.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
• Back in her banking days, those stumbles often meant teetering on the edge of a glass cliff.
  — Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 2 July 2024
• That’s a big deal to a Timberwolves team teetering on the edge of contention.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2025
• Their young son, now the sole heir, faces the daunting task of ruling a kingdom teetering on the edge of collapse.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
• The world isn’t just teetering on the brink of another recession.
  — Mohamed A. El-Erian, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2022
• On this planet, all fates are intertwined, and right now, one million species are teetering on the edge of oblivion.
  — Vulture, 16 Aug. 2023
• If the avocados are soft and teetering on the edge of being too soft, keep them away from other produce.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 May 2025
• By the end of 2006, Iraq appeared to be teetering on the edge of civil war.
  — Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
• Advertisement Our recent lack of rain has the region teetering on the edge of drought.
  — Matt Ross, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• There’s an excitement and an urgency, a feeling of teetering on the edge of something.
  — Lisa Tozzi, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
• America’s mass transit agencies are teetering on the brink of collapse.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
• Advertisement Up to that point, the Dodgers had been teetering on the brink of collapse.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
• This election might feel so stressful, completely overwhelming, as if our country is teetering on the edge of an abyss.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Oct. 2024
• At this point in the year, many find themselves at a crossroads, teetering on the edge of abandoning their resolutions and dreams.
  — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• So far in Season 2, the Duttons have been facing a harsh winter while teetering on the edge of war.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• The flooding was so severe that a home teetering on the edge of the riverbank collapsed into the rising waters, images show.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
• The flooding was so severe that a home teetering on the edge of the riverbank collapsed into the rising waters, images show.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 June 2024
• Print Save The Middle East is teetering on the edge of a broad regional war.
  — Sanam Vakil, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
• Seven starts into his second season, Kershaw was teetering on the brink of a return to the other side of the bridge.
  — Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
• Roughly 20 million were teetering on the brink of starvation.
  — Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2021
• Straight masculinity has been teetering on the brink of self-defeat since 2017.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 11 July 2023
• To make matters worse, his hometown of Millersberg is teetering on the edge of economic disaster.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 10 Jan. 2023
• Experts fear the spread of waterborne diseases like cholera and dysentery, which would put more pressure on a health system already teetering on the edge of collapse.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
• President Joe Biden's student loan debt relief plan is teetering on the edge of a Supreme Court cliff.
  — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
• Jeffrey, in direct sunlight, seemed to be teetering on the brink of doubt, his forehead sweaty, real pain discernible in his Canadian eyes.
  — Lauren Oyler, Harper's Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
• Yearslong efforts by autocrats to undermine the free press have given cover to leaders in places teetering on the edge of democracy to do the same.
  — Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
• But even the stronger players are now teetering on the brink of default, underscoring the challenges Beijing faces to contain the crisis.
  — Laura He, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
• The 15-year-old stands out, teetering on the edge of becoming overly oaky but pulling back just in time with rich notes of leather, tobacco, vanilla, and brown sugar.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
• Five or so decades ago, New York was in the midst of a recession, losing population and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
  — Yuvraj Khanna, New York Times, 16 May 2025