Example sentences for: bordering

How can you use “bordering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Another set of experiences that would affect the capacity of the CIA to cope with the new terrorism traced back to the early Cold War, when the Agency developed a concern, bordering on paranoia, about penetration by the Soviet KGB.

  • The Saudi government, always conscious of its duties as the custodian of Islam's holiest places, joined with wealthy Arabs from the Kingdom and other states bordering the Persian Gulf in donating money to build mosques and religious schools that could preach and teach their interpretation of Islamic doctrine.

  • Government would have to keep a vigilant watch on all labor transactions to insure that there never again would arise relationships bordering on slavery or involuntary servitude.

  • French names, of course, are common in the Upper Midwest (where French explorers and missionaries, and French-speaking trappers, left their mark), in states bordering Quebec, and in Louisiana.

  • Muskrats, according to my encyclopedia, look like giant rats, are found in and around the mudbanks bordering marshes and quiet ponds, have partially webbed feet, and do a good deal of swimming.


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