edge - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • cut: Knife edge: the cutting edge of a knife.
  • trail: The ball itself was spinning, but was also moving back and forth across the trailing edge of the FT.
  • soften: A mid-1980s facelift softened the edges, but this was a troubled car.

Adjective modifier

  • competitive: Our aim is to equip your staff with the skills they need to give your business a competitive edge.
  • sharp: I smoothed down the sharp edges of the twist, cutting through the bark to emphasize the twisty shapes.
  • outer: You can see them at the outer edge of the ring.
  • leading: Even for firms at the leading edge, the fight to be competitive never stops.
  • southern: Location The cave is located on the southern edge of the Vega de Aliseda, slightly to the west of the terminal moraine.
  • western: Located on the western edge of Penzance, Newlyn is home to the largest fleet of fishing boats in the South of England.

Modifies a noun

  • connector: There are more costly options available where this is not possible, for example with some boards with edge connectors.
  • enhancement: There is the odd spec of noise her & there, some edge enhancement effects & digital noise reduction artifacts in varying amounts.

Noun used with modifier

  • cliff: Why is a species equipped with a rational consciousness rushing toward the cliff edge like a pack of mad yaks on smack?
  • knife: Knife edge: the cutting edge of a knife.
  • woodland: The woodland edges offer a greater range of shrubs and attract similar birds as hedgerows and scrub.
  • forest: Guinea pigs live in the wild in South America, living in rocky areas, grasslands and forest edges.

Preposition: of

  • cliff: Brakes willing, you stop 140m above the sea itself, on the edge of a towering cliff.
  • box: He'd been involved in a couple of tackles round the edge of the box.
  • village: Scale of new building on edge of village - single story?
  • precipice: Some of their neighbors, whose homes are already on the edge of the precipice, have fled.

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