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Example sentences for: verging

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But these days U.S. power is subject to a form of ambivalence verging on antagonism--even from allies--that goes beyond the merits and motivations of this or that particular criticism.
We have become quite friendly, verging on affectionate.
You lower your voice, pull it back into your throat so that it's breathy, verging on a rasp and yet smooth, almost plangent, then expel the line from The Outlaw
Among surgeons, it's a point of pride verging on arrogance that we work harder than anybody else.
But it seems misleading, verging on irresponsible, to compare the economies of the most powerful nation on earth to a Third World country recently infused with the newfound growth of capitalism.