~かける (on the verge of)

It was through a strange twist that I found out the truth — right when I was about to give up on the whole thing.

She had been gradually fading from my memory.

When I almost lost you, I saw my own tainted heart.

Dawn is just starting to break.

The soldiers' food supply is about to run out.

With all the chaos since this morning I'd almost forgotten, but the club membership problem is still unresolved too, right?

A lady I was starting to enter the gate with was stopped by me and the gatekeeper.

The patient's condition is about to change.

I think I'm coming down with a cold.