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 the Alcestis Euripides made one of the best plays in the world, full of true pathos, full of jovial humor, both of which sometimes verge upon the burlesque.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
He was stubbornly resolved to keep his place; so stubbornly that Bettina felt that to broach the subject herself would verge upon offence.
From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Even then he but vaguely understood, had not rightly guessed the verge upon which she was treading.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)
