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
The verge upon which they stood had once been a road also, though now narrowed and in some places blocked by the bushes which had grown across it.
From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Here we verge upon a different type of explanation of the financial crisis—one of a psychological nature.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
More than this seems to me to verge upon impertinence.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 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.
