Heart of Ice Ch.5
"what...," i choked out on the brink of tears again. "don't get mad at them. i was the one who asked them but they would only tell me a little bit about you.
Are We Not Men?
It shows just how far we've come as a culture, that someone like him stands on the brink of service to the people, as an authority!" he sashayed his tail in a very fantastic fashion. brad stared. "truly." ricardo lurched forward like a catapult.
The World of Actura (Worldbuilding)
Cities were levelled, mountains brought crashing down, the sea itself rose in a roaring tsunami that claimed back millions of acres of land, volcanoes erupted explosively across the globe... civilization - and indeed, sentient life itself - teetered on the brink
Magical Mayhem Sorecerous Familiar Chapter twenty-two
It was the very brink of the abyss. here it would be decided. here it would end. there was no turning back from this moment. he was committed. \* \* \* mist as thick as death clouded the world.
Eternal Blue 6: Mission Revealed
Kathsera is on the brink of war, pirates. the avian country serevix has been threatening an invasion for some time.
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 19)
Consequently, many of the settlements of this district have a riparian aspect, there being many little cottages with water meadows within their demesne that reach down to the river's brink.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 68
Now, if you'd all refocus your attention on what's truly important, namely the brother i left at my house, sick and injured, possibly on the brink of death, with nobody to look after him but a trio of well-meaning, but ultimately powerless children, then maybe
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 90
Even now, at the brink of death, there was no doubt at all in that face. he was positive he would win. in his mind, there was simply no other way it could possibly go.
The Shadows of Tomorrow- Away from the reflection
Kane thought he was going crazy on the brink of insanity. his brain playing a big prank on him, but it wasn't. it was all real. kane didn't realize that. that night, kane made a small fire, but had a very hard time sleeping.
First Meetings
This durrow boy was obviously on the brink of starving, his body didn't have the resources to regenerate his injuries. since no clan would let one of their own starve so, chiyo figured he must be clanless. "you two should be ashamed!"
Stars of Time - What Has Been and What Will Be
So, these species came to avoid dragons and to compete with them for territory and for all kinds of resources, and this was the kind of situation that would lead the world to the brink of a new war."
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book II Chapter 6
They stood at the brink of the forest, seeping warm from the sun's life-giving light. while for the three saviors it wasn't anything special, just a sunny day like any other, for their new companions it was something indescribable and overwhelming.