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 first place, attention may be called to the extreme freedom of the verse, a freedom which at times makes the composition verge upon prose.
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster
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
Their range is narrow, and, what is more damning, their art seems constantly to verge upon artificiality.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Canby, Henry Seidel
