borderline

Example Sentences

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Mexican humanitarian organisations, including the Borderline Crisis Center, braced themselves for a huge influx of returnees.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

Borderline anger when the wait is too long.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2023

"Borderline personality disorder is diagnosed most in women and is undoubtedly stigmatized," Saba Harouni Lurie, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of Take Root Therapy, told Salon via email.

From Salon • May 2, 2022

Borderline personality is a disease of instability, she said “driven by an underlying fear of abandonment.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2022

It would be easier to talk to a new made Duchess on the spur of the moment than to the Borderline folk without violating some of their conventions or hurting their feelings.

From Plain Tales from the Hills by Kipling, Rudyard