Examples of 'knife edge' in a sentence
Meaning of "knife edge"
A state of extreme tensions or precarity, often used metaphorically to describe a situation
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Think of a knife edge as the extreme case.
Victory and defeat exists on a knife edge.
The knife edge is recessed in a groove in each flange.
She is very much on that knife edge.
We would seem to be on a knife edge between breakthrough and breakdown.
This can be done by the knife edge.
A serrated knife edge scraped over his upper arm.
Remove flow control with clean knife edge.
The world is balanced on a knife edge of destruction every single day.
The undisturbed light is partially blocked by a knife edge.
Push movable knife edge gentle towards its upper stop.
The killer held it with the knife edge up.
The cutting knife edge may have a straight or wavy profile.
This game is teetering on a knife edge.
The knife edge is circular and disposed radially inward of the rows of staples.
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But it also was on a very odd knife edge.
We are on a knife edge here.
The stretched tape was split by a serrate knife edge.
The blade can have a cutting knife edge that is linear or serrated.
We were quite literally hanging on for our lives and doing so on a knife edge.
The knife edge is disposed radially inward of the pair of annular arrays of staples.
The media business is on a knife edge.
The knife edge causes a diametral slit to be made in the abdominal wall upon puncture.
The world is on the knife edge.
Observation of the knife edge after a ten thousand gallon run showed extensive chipping.
They live to be on the knife edge.
Living on the knife edge Dear knife drawer.
Look especially at the knife edge.
The Knife Edge is closed during periods of high wind.
This is accomplished by setting the knife edge appropriately.
Living on a knife edge all this time, and now.
Living on the knife edge.
A knife edge 28 is adjusted to provide the desired thickness and amount of adhesive.
We will be living on a knife edge.
In one embodiment, the knife edge is contacted directly to a portion of the safety shield.
All life is on a knife edge.
A preferred knife edge pivot support is shown in Figure 6.
Cheetahs are living on a knife edge.
But I'm on a knife edge at night where the baby is concerned.
Was living on a knife edge.
The Knife edge is very rugged in places - the chimney is almost a technical climb.
Gotham is on a knife edge.
The roof is a composition of several specifically engineered materials with a carbon-steel knife edge.
By actuating the drive device the knife edge is moved whereby the cornea is cut.
Lots of things can heighten this sense of living on a knife edge.
The point of the knife is where the knife edge and spine come together.
The application points may have the shape of a knife edge.
Viewing the mirror from behind the knife edge shows a pattern on the mirror surface.
The steel load cell adapter consisted of a carbide knife edge.
Said metering plate may have a blunted knife edge portion adapted to penetrate said stack.
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That knife he pulled on me did not look so harmless
You just brought a knife to a gun fight
The knife is old and could be dirty
Examples of using Edge
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On the edge between life and death
This should take the edge off
Mounting in rubber edge or with a fixed flange
