verge in the PONS Dictionary

verge Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

on the verge of the desert
na obodu pustinje
to be on the verge of sth
biti na pragu nečega
to be on the verge of collapse
biti na ivici kolapsa
grass verge Brit
travnjak
to verge on the ridiculous
graničiti se sa glupošću

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Thus, the band was on the verge of potential collapse and at an impasse.
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Juries may be dismissed and skeptical juries have been dismissed on the verge of verdicts, and acquittals are frequently overturned by higher courts.
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Just when the organization of her poems seems on the verge of wavering, she returns to the restraint with which most of them begin.
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His dramas sometimes verge into dark territory and even physical violence, but always with an underlying sense of optimism.
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Many of his stories verge on the dream-like, while other are closer to science-fiction.
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The island of Martinique was on the verge of civil war.
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Is our sleepy Majorcan valley on the verge of joining the modern world?
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She is on the verge of starvation throughout most of the book, and the future is bleak.
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Thus, for the largest segment of people subject to the wealth tax, it means taxing the accumulated savings and houses of those on the verge of retiring.
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He believed that the whole region was on the verge of war and went out to investigate.
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