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
Here we verge upon a different type of explanation of the financial crisis—one of a psychological nature.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
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.
A single grand passion has always a strong hold upon the imagination and the sympathies, but two passions contending for the mastery verge upon something quite the reverse of heroic.
From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere
