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
Because you consistently verge upon the profound, the revealing�and then pull back, almost in embarrassment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dundee Advertiser:"— "'Blind Tom.'—This extraordinary musical prodigy gave two performances in Dundee yesterday, and on each occasion the powers displayed by him were so marvellous as to verge upon the miraculous.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
Like other farmers, they are conservative and adhere to old rules or fancies, which in some cases verge upon superstition.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
An egg should never rashly verge upon hardness- -never.
From Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 by Meredith, George
