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• This film will have you on the edge of your seat from the first scene!
  — Leah Hall, Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
• But the upholstery on the edge of my seat is worn to the wood.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
• Lionel had learned to walk on the edge of his left foot.
  — Dave Eggers, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2023
• The video shows two Navy vehicles parked on the edge of the dump, next to three large white sacks.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• How to: Sit on the edge of a chair with feet flat on the ground and slightly shoulder-width apart.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 25 May 2023
• How to: Sit on the edge of your chair with spine straight and tall and feet flat on the ground, shoulder-width apart.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
• Don’t miss Kastro (the castle), a cliffside village on the edge of the sea.
  — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
• Frankie Ruiz was on the edge of the dock rinsing off his new paddleboard.
  — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The chain racing around the bar will eventually create a small burr on the edge of the groove that the chain runs in.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• Pick a good tree for hanging a camera on the edge of the aforementioned food sources.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• Needing only a field goal to tie, the Chargers were on the edge of scoring range.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The Arizona deserts may be teetering on the edge of a superbloom.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
• The small lip on the edge of the platter helps catch any water that may seep out of your container.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
• Some drank iced teas, some beers, and some kept bottles of wine sitting on the edge of their tables at the ready.
  — The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
• Hendrickson leaned forward so that he was perched on the edge of the sofa.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• The flashpoint for those set-tos was TCC’s purchase of two large, derelict properties on the edge of town.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• Springsteen sang of being trapped on the edge of catharsis, and the music seemed to want to suspend time.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
• But rain is increasingly scarce here on the edge of the Sahara desert.
  — Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
• Near the derailment site on the edge of town, the tracks back up to businesses, with homes nearby.
  — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
• By dawn several dozen men regrouped by some cottages on the edge of the city.
  — Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• From its perch on the edge of a cliff, guests had an unobstructed view of the over-400-foot-high Tequendama Falls.
  — Steven Casale, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
• The total solar eclipse on April 8 has the country totally on the edge of its seat.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• The person's face is obscured by a gate on the edge of the Huntington complex, where her car was found.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
• The stage is located on the edge of the infield of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club racetrack and faces the grandstand.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Suga Free’s nondescript two-story house sits on the edge of a lake filled with ducks and catfish.
  — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• In the animal rescue video, the horse is seen lying on his side on the edge of the pond, clearly struggling.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The shooting occurred about 10:20 p.m. on the edge of Capitol Hill, a few blocks northeast of Lincoln Park.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Front Line Kitchen occupies a few cramped ground-floor rooms and a shed off a sloping street on the edge of Lviv’s picturesque old town.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• Some students sit on the edge of their seats, jotting notes on their laptops or in notebooks.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The crowd were on the edge of their seats and the young man made a big impression against famous opposition.
  — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024