Brink

When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

The man was on the brink of death.

In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.

We stood on the brink of a cliff.

Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.

Let us hope the world will never be on the brink of a nuclear war.

He is shivering on the brink.

Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.