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
More and more the mazes perplexed him, and the coincidences, if they were coincidences, began to verge upon the fantastic or the miraculous.
From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis
You see," he went on, "I've written a good deal of autobiographical matter and it would verge upon self-advertisement to do more.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
