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Brinksmanship meaning

Alternative form of brinkmanship.

Using Brinksmanship

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of brinkmanship.
  • In the example corpus, brinksmanship often appears in combinations such as: political brinksmanship.

Context around Brinksmanship

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

political 2× aerial 1× ceiling 1× racial 1×

Sentence patterns with Brinksmanship

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

brinksmanship one party 1× debt ceiling brinksmanship 1× hitler s brinksmanship and threats 1× in aerial brinksmanship 1× in racial brinksmanship 1× of political brinksmanship of its 1× used political brinksmanship under threat 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

brinksmanship one party 1× but as peaceful 1× for one thing 1× he co founded 1× in 2011 credit 1× one thing that 1×

Common sentence endings:

debt ceiling brinksmanship 1× debt ceiling deliberations 1× in aerial brinksmanship 1× in racial brinksmanship 1× now inextricably complicit 1× or walk away 1×

Words around Brinksmanship

Just before it in the word index:

brinks 15 brinkmanship 13 brinkmann 7 brinkman 14 brinkley 66 brinkhurst 2

Just after it in the word index:

brinlea 2 brinley 6 brinna 2 brinner 2 brinnin 2 brino 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Brinksmanship

  • In this selection, "brinksmanship" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, political, aerial and ceiling stand out and add context to how "brinksmanship" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include brinksmanship one party and debt ceiling brinksmanship. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "brinksmanship" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with brinksmanship

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For one thing, Russia and China both routinely engage in aerial brinksmanship. (12 words)

One thing that won’t help reduce the debt, however, is a financial crisis caused by debt ceiling brinksmanship. (19 words)

Brinksmanship: One party aggressively pursues a set of terms to the point at which the other negotiating party must either agree or walk away. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

But as "peaceful" as this annexation was, and as just as it may have seemed to many Hungarians, it was a dividend of Hitler's brinksmanship and threats of war, in which Hungary was now inextricably complicit. (37 words)

He co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, which has used political brinksmanship - under threat of government shutdowns and even a national default on the debt - to bend centrist and establishment Republicans farther to the right. (35 words)

The opening scene of gun-toting, beer-guzzling, tattooed dissidents spewing expletives at the world is the perfect McGuffin for a provocative drama soaked in racial brinksmanship. (27 words)

Example sentences (7)

For one thing, Russia and China both routinely engage in aerial brinksmanship.

He co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, which has used political brinksmanship - under threat of government shutdowns and even a national default on the debt - to bend centrist and establishment Republicans farther to the right.

In 2011, credit score rankings company S&P downgraded the nation’s prized AAA ranking as a result of “political brinksmanship” of its debt ceiling deliberations.

One thing that won’t help reduce the debt, however, is a financial crisis caused by debt ceiling brinksmanship.

The opening scene of gun-toting, beer-guzzling, tattooed dissidents spewing expletives at the world is the perfect McGuffin for a provocative drama soaked in racial brinksmanship.

Brinksmanship: One party aggressively pursues a set of terms to the point at which the other negotiating party must either agree or walk away.

But as "peaceful" as this annexation was, and as just as it may have seemed to many Hungarians, it was a dividend of Hitler's brinksmanship and threats of war, in which Hungary was now inextricably complicit.

Common combinations with brinksmanship

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "brinksmanship" in a sentence?
An example: "For one thing, Russia and China both routinely engage in aerial brinksmanship." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "brinksmanship" from authentic English texts.
What does "brinksmanship" mean?
Brinksmanship means: Alternative form of brinkmanship.
How many example sentences with "brinksmanship" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "brinksmanship", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.