Words similar to verging

Example sentences for: verging

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

I rarely, verging on never, spit out food, yet this was so repulsive in its texture (mucousy sludge) and taste (not exactly sure what it was, but not cookies 'n creme, I can for sure tell you that) that I could not countenance digesting it.
Among surgeons, it's a point of pride verging on arrogance that we work harder than anybody else.
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
The papers (and the U.S. government) react to the latest Kremlin shuffle--the fourth one in 17 months--with a calm verging on bemusement.
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.