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
He was stubbornly resolved to keep his place; so stubbornly that Bettina felt that to broach the subject herself would verge upon offence.
From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
In a sense the dragon is the type of a man, self-controlled, and with powers that verge upon the supernatural.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
The features are strongly pronounced, and at times verge upon the grotesque—we mean it in no offensive spirit.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin
