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You have an eyelash on your cheek.

She lowered her eyelashes.

He sank the deal without batting an eyelash.

When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.

Let us hope the world will never be on the brink of a nuclear war.

on the brink of despair

South Sudan, the world's newest nation, not yet three years old, is on the brink of catastrophe.

He stood on the brink of the cliff and carefully looked over

The company was close to disaster but the new director brought it back from the brink.

He is shivering on the brink.

Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction.

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.