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

Because you consistently verge upon the profound, the revealing�and then pull back, almost in embarrassment.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Alcestis Euripides made one of the best plays in the world, full of true pathos, full of jovial humor, both of which sometimes verge upon the burlesque.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

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.

If our conversation on the enthralling subjects of fertilizers and aphides seemed in its earnest absorption to verge upon the emotional and tender he interfered at once.

From My Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson