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
Even then he but vaguely understood, had not rightly guessed the verge upon which she was treading.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)
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
In a sense the dragon is the type of a man, self-controlled, and with powers that verge upon the supernatural.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
