Examples of 'he was on the verge' in a sentence

Meaning of "he was on the verge"

He was on the verge suggests that someone was very close to experiencing or reaching a certain state or condition. It indicates that the person in question was on the brink or threshold of something, typically implying that a particular event, emotion, or action was about to happen or be realized

How to use "he was on the verge" in a sentence

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he was on the verge
He really sounded like he was on the verge of death.
He said he was on the verge of a discovery so terrific.
He started to feel as if he was on the verge of death.
He was on the verge of his breaking point.
It looked like he was on the verge of death.
He was on the verge of breaking free of it all.
He knew when he was on the verge of success.
He was on the verge of becoming a laughing stock.
At several times he was on the verge of suicide.
He was on the verge of telling me when his father burst in.
It reached a point where he was on the verge of expulsion.
He said he was on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough.
Pamuk wrote the book when he was on the verge of depression.
He was on the verge of completing construction of his ultimate weapons.
Rob looked like he was on the verge of tears.

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He was on the verge of losing everything he built up.
Noel sounded like he was on the verge of tears.
He was on the verge of figuring out the dives.
Daddy won the race though he was on the verge of losing.
He was on the verge of taking holy orders.
Palmer was assassinated because he was on the verge of discovering.
Because he was on the verge of getting fired.
Perhaps he suddenly recalled that he was on the verge of death.
I would say he was on the verge of a total collapse.
The one who lost with daddy though he was on the verge of winning.
He told me he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The report seemed to infuriate the tiger until he was on the verge.
Not even when he was on the verge of desperation.
He was on the verge of being kicked out of school.
At least he thought he was on the verge of losing his job.
He was on the verge of losing his voice completely.
I have trouble believing that he was on the verge of ordering a nuclear attack.
He was on the verge of calling an ambulance.
He was so very tired and knew he was on the verge of falling.
Because he was on the verge of discovering.
Butler Lu felt so angered that he was on the verge of exploding.
He said he was on the verge of tears after doing it.
From the tone in his voice I could tell he was on the verge of tears.
At the beginning he was on the verge of insanity and suicide.
He was on the verge of losing everything.
It seemed to Sofya Petrovna that he was on the verge of hysterics.
And he was on the verge of something.
David Palmer was assassinated because he was on the verge All right.
He was on the verge of an enormous discovery.
OLIVIER GIROUD has revealed he was on the verge of signing for Everton this summer.
He was on the verge of killing himself.
When I met André he was on the verge of suicide.
He was on the verge of surrendering.
When she smiled, he was on the verge of shouting.
He was on the verge of tears now.

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