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
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
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
He steps from planet to planet, and if he cannot enter immensity, he can verge upon its borders.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William
