borderline

Example Sentences

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"It's right on the borderline, believe me," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews near Washington when asked where the talks with Iran stood.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“My daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The chicken warms gently in the pan, soaking it up, and suddenly you have a dinner that feels borderline dinner-party-adjacent.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel voted 3:2 that the on-field decision of no penalty was correct, which shows it was a borderline call.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Khanum Taheri’s chaperoning made our meetings, if not gossip-proof, then less gossip-worthy, even if her borderline fawning on me clearly embarrassed Soraya.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini