- present participle of border.
bordering
Example Sentences
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Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
His men loved him for it, their devotion bordering on religious.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The two countries, both coastal states bordering the strait, have sought to hammer out a plan to regulate transit through it, as laid out in a June US-Iran memorandum of understanding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The flowers swayed in the cool afternoon breeze as I strolled through the garden toward the bushes bordering the main verandah.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
