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
In color also he incomparably surpasses Stanfield, who is apt to verge upon mud, or be cold in his gray.
From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John
If our conversation on the enthralling subjects of fertilizers and aphides seemed in its earnest absorption to verge upon the emotional and tender he interfered at once.
From My Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
"Your words verge upon the insulting," he said, after a moment.
From Affairs of State by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
