verge upon
Example Sentences
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To say that the later portraits verge upon caricature is not much of an overstatement.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2010
Still, in a way, he is proud of the sinologue—as a public school is proud of a boy so clever as to verge upon insanity, or a village is proud of the village idiot.
From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
An egg should never rashly verge upon hardness- -never.
From Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 by Meredith, George
Their range is narrow, and, what is more damning, their art seems constantly to verge upon artificiality.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Canby, Henry Seidel
"Your words verge upon the insulting," he said, after a moment.
From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
