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Example sentences for: verges

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

His monotone verges on the point of exploding into hundreds of hysterical semitones.
Disagreement with the New York Times editorial page verges on logical fallacy.
To continue today's policy of muttering and changing the subject verges perilously on saying not just that too much alcohol is bad for you but that ignorance is good for you.
In places, his indictment of certain aspects of the Mexican character is so harsh--he accuses his fellow countrymen of pathological passivity and a love of lying--that it verges on masochism.
Peppered with wordplay, startling visual imagery, and near misses by the two lovers, the film has only one flaw, according to critics, namely that all the fancy footwork verges on becoming too self-conscious.