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
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
My third sentiment was the expectation of some extraordinary, glorious happiness that was impending—some happiness so strong and assured as to verge upon ecstasy.
From Youth by Hogarth, C. J.
More than this seems to me to verge upon impertinence.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
