verge on
Example Sentences
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The potential ramifications and reverberations verge on the unspeakable.
From Washington Post
On the one hand, those who have persevered for a decade verge on worshipful.
From New York Times
Their creators, all of whom have worked in other media like painting and photography, describe them as manifestations of creative dreams; and the effect of encountering them can, as Williams notes of “Ruins,” verge on sublime.
From New York Times
As Kline freely admits, works like these verge on agitprop.
From New York Times
At times the project of cataloging, or indeed defining, the threads of centuries of free thinking can verge on overly ambitious.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
