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
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.
The Dundee Advertiser:"— "'Blind Tom.'—This extraordinary musical prodigy gave two performances in Dundee yesterday, and on each occasion the powers displayed by him were so marvellous as to verge upon the miraculous.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
The verge upon which they stood had once been a road also, though now narrowed and in some places blocked by the bushes which had grown across it.
From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
