bordering on
Example Sentences
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To many of the families of the dead, returning to Mystic is crass bordering on disrespectful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
As the upset to end all upsets loomed large, Scotland pounded hard at the Welsh line, their desperation in full flow, the home defiance bordering on the heroic.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
In an era dominated by low-cost index funds and exchange-traded funds, Danoff managed to stand out by consistently beating the market—a feat modern academic research suggests is exceedingly rare, bordering on the impossible.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
These recent readings represent not just extreme optimism but are bordering on irrational exuberance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
He couldn’t like Professor Trelawney, even though she was treated with respect bordering on reverence by many of the class.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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