bordering on
Example Sentences
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His men loved him for it, their devotion bordering on religious.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A representative passage: “ ‘He certainly at Princeton, I would say, was just a nice guy, and bordering on humble,’ said one friend who went on to a legal career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“The magnitude of revision in growth cluster earnings expectations is bordering on surreal,” they say.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
With her bright-eyed inquisitiveness bordering on tactlessness, and Harry Potter T-shirt, Cheryl-Ann comes close to being a caricature of a crass tourist, and is treated as such with cool disdain by Orla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
To meet once a week seemed to him much less regular, entirely too haphazard, bordering on carelessness.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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