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The lady trembled, and cast her eyes upward to the verge of the basin, as if meditating to return with her purpose unaccomplished.

During every beautiful season and tiring long trips, I long for you to suddenly appear and surprise me to the verge of tears.

In those days even the mention of her husband's name brought her to the verge of tears.

My song will be like a pair of wings to your dreams, it will transport your heart to the verge of the unknown.

For two days Edward had been miserable, a favourite dog of his had died and he was brought to the verge of tears.

Her husband 's violent and abusive behavior drove her to the verge of despair.

Quiet to the verge of sullen, Coolidge was a perfect foil to Harding , a garrulous playboy of a president.

In particular, the Roh Moo-hyun administration's diplomacy focusing on self-reliance pushed the relationship to the verge of a rupture.

The financial crisis sparked off in the U. S. is pushing capitalism to the verge of collapse, sweeping the whole capitalist economy .

Her misery brought her to the verge of tears.

She was driven to the verge of insanity and in time succumbed to fits of delusion, refusing to believe that Karim Pasha was dead.

Will the Party of No return the financial industry back to the unhinged Klondike that brought the country to the verge of Depression?

The Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, would be hunted to the verge of extinction.

the optimism of the West, though often merely the product of breezy well-being, became at times obligatory, almost to the verge of despair.

After the clash, the ROK regained top spot in Group B, moving to the verge of qualifying for a 7th consecutive World Cup finals place.

Beauty speaks to their spirits through the senses; but Tolstoy would have your house barren to the verge of hardship.

Sixty-five days without imported food or medicine had brought Manipur to the verge of collapse.

Had been dragged to the verge of death by cancer.

Life was very difficult back then. The political anarchy brought the economy to the verge of bankruptcy.

He pushed himself to the verge of exhaustion.

He had been dragged to the verge of death.

She was brought to the verge of tears.

The game is being hunted to the verge of distinction.

This game is being hunted to the verge of extinction.

The partisan warfare that raged round these topics was so fierce that by 1913 this country was brought to the verge of civil war.

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On December 1, but also contributed to the verge of the first gay wedding in Latin America.