verging on
Example Sentences
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Sentiment gauges based on other inputs were suggesting that investors’ confidence might be verging on complacency.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
A plant that was once romantic is now, some fear, verging on the apocalyptic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
“You get people who are verging on psychopathy and you get people who are just troubled.”
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
“She’s off Snapchat and Insta. I’m verging on hostile, so I thought I’d call and see what you know.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
