When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
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Brink
//bɹɪŋk//
Synonyms for "brink" (41 found)
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Related words (20)
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1 entriesderived
8 entriesis a
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6 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- եզր noun (edge)
- ծայր noun (edge)
Bulgarian
2 entries- край noun (edge)
- ръб noun (edge)
Czech
3 entries- hrana noun (edge)
- okraj noun (edge)
- pokraj noun (edge)
Danish
2 entries- kant noun (edge)
- rand noun (edge)
Dutch
2 entries- rand noun (edge)
- steile rand noun (edge)
Finnish
2 entries- parras noun (edge)
- reuna noun (edge)
French
2 entries- bord noun (edge)
- lisière noun (edge)
German
1 entries- Rand noun (edge)
Ingrian
1 entries- parras noun (edge)
Irish
2 entries- broinne noun (edge)
- colbha noun (edge)
Italian
3 entries- bordo noun (edge)
- ciglio noun (edge)
- orlo noun (edge)
Māori
1 entries- ripa tauārai noun (edge)
Portuguese
1 entries- beira noun (edge)
Russian
2 entries- грань noun (edge)
- край noun (edge)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- oir noun (edge)
Slovak
4 entries- hrana noun (edge)
- hranica noun (edge)
- okraj noun (edge)
- pokraj noun (edge)
Spanish
3 entries- borde noun (edge)
- límite noun (edge)
- tope noun (edge)
Swedish
1 entries- kant noun (edge)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The man was on the brink of death.
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In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.
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We stood on the brink of a cliff.
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